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1. (v.t.) sift
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
2. sift
to scatter by means of a sieve:
to sift sugar onto a cake.
3. sift
to separate by or as if by a sieve.
4. sift
to examine closely:
The detectives are sifting the evidence.
5. (v.i.) sift
to sift something.
6. sift
to pass or fall through or as if through a sieve.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE siftan akin to sieve)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sift
move as if through a sieve
"The soldiers sifted through the woods"
2. (verb) sift, sieve, strain
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
"sift the flour"
3. (verb) sieve, sift
check and sort carefully
"sift the information"
4. (verb) sieve, sift
distinguish and separate out
"sift through the job candidates"
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1. (verb) sift
to pass a dry substance through a sieve
Sift the flour.
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| Definition of 'sift' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) sift
to separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime
2. (verb) sift
to separate or part as if with a sieve
3. (verb) sift
to examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize
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Sense: to separate by passing through a sieve etc
Sift the flour before making the cake.
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 Afrikaans: sif |
 Arabic: يُنَخِّل، يُغَرْبِل |
 Bulgarian: отсявам |
 Brazilian: peneirar |
 Czech: prosít |
 German: sieben |
 Danish: sigte |
 Greek: κοσκινίζω |
 Spanish: tamizar |
 Estonian: sõeluma |
 Farsi: غربال كردن |
 Finnish: siivilöidä |
 French: tamiser |
 Hebrew: לְנַפּוֹת |
 Hindi: छनना |
 Croatian: prosijavati |
 Hungarian: (meg)szitál |
 Indonesian: mengayak |
 Icelandic: sigta |
 Italian: setacciare |
 Japanese: ふるいにかける |
 Korean: 체로 거르다 |
 Lithuanian: (iš)sijoti |
 Latvian: []sijāt |
 Malay: mengayak |
 Dutch: ziften |
 Norwegian: sikte, sile |
 Polish: przesiewać |
 Persian: غربال كردن |
 Pashto: غلبيلول، پروېزل: چاڼول: چ |
 Portuguese: peneirar |
 Romanian: a cerne |
 Russian: просеивать |
 Slovak: preosiať |
 Slovenian: presejati |
 Serbian: prosejati |
 Swedish: sålla, sikta |
 Thai: ร่อนด้วยตะแกรง |
 Turkish: elekten geçirmek, elemek |
 Taiwanese: 過篩 |
 Ukrainian: сіяти, просівати |
 Urdu: چھنی سے چھاننا |
 Vietnamese: rây, giần |
 Chinese: 过筛 |
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