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sift

English

  1. 🔊 separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
    “sift the flour”
  2. 🔊 move as if through a sieve
    “The soldiers sifted through the woods”
  3. 🔊 distinguish and separate out
    “sift through the job candidates”
  4. 🔊 check and sort carefully
    “sift the information”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 abañar to sift
  2. 🔊 aflorar to sift
  3. 🔊 cerner to sift
  4. 🔊 zarandear to sift, sieve
  5. 🔊 colar to sift, to strain, to filter

Similar words

sieve sieve strain sieve air analyze appraise assess assort bolt canvass catalog categorize choose choose out clarify class classify clear collate comb comment upon consider contradistinguish