sift

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).
2. (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
3. (archaic, dated, transitive) To examine (something) carefully.
4. (transitive) To examine (something) carefully.
5. (dated, transitive) To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

Noun

An act of sifting.

Conceptes

garbellar

filtrar

set

7

colar

barutellar

tamisar

Sinònims

sieve

strain

winnow

screen

filter

riddle

separate

shake

🫨

investigate

search

examine

percolate

cleanse

select

clear

probe

process

try

vet

canvass

look into

bolt

refine

examine closely

scrutinize

scan

inquire

distill

scrutinise

segregate

sieving

sort out

sound

🔉

strainer

study

survey

test

wash

🧽

pull tight

sieve out

siftage

research

screening

she’s sifting it

analyse

analyze

anatomize

canvas

case

check out

Traduccions

tamiser

sieben

7

setacciare

ziften

passer

zeven

7

cernir

colar

cribler

vagliare

discernir

peneirar

tamis

cribar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sɪft/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: syften

Heretat de anglès antic: siftan

In summary

From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.