Dead Sieve in dreams
A mesh tool that separates fine from coarse — the work of letting through only what is wanted.
How dead changes the reading
Dead in the dream means the symbol's energy is no longer in active circulation in your life. The reading is not necessarily grim — most often it is the dream noting that something you had been carrying has run its full course and you can stop carrying it.
The base reading of Sieve
A sieve in a dream is the dream's image of selective filtering. The sieve does not change what is poured into it; it lets through what is small enough and holds back what is not. The dream brings the sieve when you are sorting through a large input — information, advice, options — and the task is to keep only the fine grain. A sieve doing its job cleanly is the dream telling you the filter is working. A sieve clogged or torn is the dream noting that your filtering has stopped functioning and either nothing is getting through, or everything is.