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sift
[ sift ]
verb (used with object)
- to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- to scatter or sprinkle through or by means of a sieve:
to sift sugar onto cake.
- to separate by or as if by a sieve.
- to examine closely:
The detectives are still sifting the evidence.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to question closely.
verb (used without object)
- to sift something.
- to pass or fall through or as if through a sieve.
sift
/ 蝉瑟蹿迟 /
verb
- tr to sieve (sand, flour, etc) in order to remove the coarser particles
- to scatter (something) over a surface through a sieve
- tr to separate with or as if with a sieve; distinguish between
- tr to examine minutely
to sift evidence
- intr to move as if through a sieve
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉颈蹿迟别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞耻迟顎却颈蹿迟顎 verb (used with object)
- 辫谤别路蝉颈蹿迟顎 verb (used with object)
- 谤别路蝉颈蹿迟顎 verb (used with object)
- 耻苍路蝉颈蹿迟顎侥诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sift1
Example Sentences
The Policy Lab sifts through all that data, evaluating some 500 markers to generate a list of individuals and families that its model predicts to be at high risk of becoming homeless.
Regardless, while hundreds of thousands of people converged on Titletown for the annual player selection, a team in New York continued to sift through hundreds of trillions of potential schedules.
The paint was made of ash and charcoal ground, 鈥渟ifted and mixed鈥 from the Altadena and Palisades fires by arts organizer David Solnit and volunteers.
I have stood in the ashes of that home, watching my wife, Carly, sifting through the fragments to see what survived a fire so hot it melted wrought iron and thick antique glass.
Then, hundreds of environmental workers went to the burn zones to sift through the wreckage, house by house, block by block.
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