Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary

by Pamela Ball
1- The sieve in dreams is a symbol of the ability to make selections.

This is in the sense of being able to sort out the large from the small, good from the bad etc.

2- On a psychological level the sieve represents the ability to know oneself. We are able to make conscious choices which will enable us to extract the best from life.

3- Spiritually the sieve is said to represent fertility and rain clouds in the sense that pure rain, or water, permits proper growth.

Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation

by Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of a sieve, foretells some annoying transaction will soon be made by you, which will probably be to your loss.

If the meshes are too small, you will have the chance to reverse a decision unfavorable to yourself.

If too large, you will eventually lose what you have recently acquired.

Islamic Dream Interpretation

by Ibn Seerin
(Bolter; Colander; Filter, Separate, Sift, Sort, Strainer) In a dream, a sieve represents knowledge, discerning, honor, 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 a 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)