Usually means: Strain liquid using a sieve.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sile: Merriam-Webster
  2. sile: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Sile, sile: Wordnik
  4. Sile, sile: Wiktionary
  5. Sile, sile: Dictionary.com
  6. Sile (river), Sile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Sile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. sile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Sile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. sile: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. SiLE: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sile: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sile)

noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
verb:  (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
noun:  A sieve.
noun:  A strainer or colander for liquids
noun:  That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
noun:  A young herring.
noun:  Alternative spelling of Sheila [A female given name from Irish.]

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