sift

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪft/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: syften

Hérité de ancien anglais: siftan

In summary

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

Concepts

tamiser

passer

cribler

tamis

crible

passer au crible

filtrer

sasser

vanner

bluter

passer à la passoire

secouer

sept

7

éparpiller

disséminer

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sieben

7

setacciare

ziften

zeven

7

colar

vagliare

cernir

przesiewać

elemek

peneirar

cerner

discernir

cribar

cribrare

cribellare