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I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the most famous of these processes (acknowledgements to jwpat) is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' or 'the sieve of Eratosthenes' (Wikipedia). This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.

I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the most famous of these processes (1,2,3 - Wikipedia) is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' or 'the sieve of Eratosthenes' (Wikipedia). This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.

I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the most famous of these processes (acknowledgements to jwpat) is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' (Wikipedia).

This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.

I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the most famous of these processes (acknowledgements to jwpat) is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' or 'the sieve of Eratosthenes' (Wikipedia). This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.

I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the process is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' (Wikipedia).

This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.

I'd say 'filter out' sounds better here, though 'filter' and 'sieve' overlap for part of their sense-ranges.

The snag is that the most famous of these processes (acknowledgements to jwpat) is invariably termed 'Eratosthenes's sieve' (Wikipedia).

This is an example where noun and verb intercategorial polysemes don't match very satisfyingly in meaning.

The best example of this phenomenon I've come up with is 'telescope'n and 'telescope'v.