sift

  • 21sift — [[t]sɪft[/t]] v. t. 1) to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve 2) to scatter by means of a sieve: to sift sugar onto a cake[/ex] 3) to separate by or as if by a sieve 4) to examine closely: The detectives are… …

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  • 22sift — /sɪft / (say sift) verb (t) 1. to separate the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve. 2. to scatter by means of a sieve: to sift sugar on to cake. 3. to separate by or as by a sieve. 4. to examine closely. 5. to question closely.… …

  • 23sift — verb examine sth very carefully ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ out ▪ They will try to sift out the winners and the losers. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ …

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  • 24sift — verb 1) sift the flour into a large bowl Syn: sieve, strain, screen, filter, riddle; archaic bolt 2) we sift out unsuitable applications Syn: separate out, filter out, sort out, put to one side, weed out …

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  • 25sift — verb 1) sift the flour into a large bowl Syn: sieve, strain, screen, filter 2) we sift out unsuitable applications Syn: separate out, filter out, sort out, weed out, get rid of, remove 3) …

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  • 26sift — Synonyms and related words: air, analyze, appraise, assess, assort, bolt, canvass, catalog, categorize, choose, choose out, clarify, class, classify, clear, collate, comb, comment upon, consider, contradistinguish, controvert, cordon, cordon off …

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  • 27SIFT — • Share Internal FORTRAN Translator ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) • Stanford (USENET) Information Filtering Tool http://sift.stanford.edu/ …

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  • 28SIFT — [1] Share Internal FORTRAN Translator ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) [2] Stanford (USENET) Information Filtering Tool (http://sift.stanford.edu/) …

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  • 29sift — [sɪft] verb [T] 1) to pour a dry substance through a sieve in order to remove the large pieces 2) to examine something carefully in order to find what you are looking for • sift through sth …

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  • 30sift —   Kānana, kālana.    ♦ To sift flour, kānana palaoa …

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