Islamic Interpretation
(Bolter, Colander, Filter, Separate, Sift, Sort, Strainer) In a dream, a sieve represents knowledge, discerning, honour, rank, and discriminating between truth and false. A sieve in a dream is like a detector of true banknotes from counterfeit, a person who chooses his words, a choosy person of the type of work he does, or a discriminating buyer, a pious person, or it could represent a comb. If a sieve is given as collateral, or as a promissory note in a dream, it means that the depositor will flunk his promise, for a sieve does not retain water. (Also see Bolter, Strainer)