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English verb: sift | |||
| 1. | sift (motion) move as if through a sieve | ||
| Samples | The soldiers sifted through the woods. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 2. | sift (contact) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | ||
| Samples | Sift the flour. | ||
| Synonyms | sieve, strain | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fan, resift, rice, riddle, screen, winnow | ||
| 3. | sift (contact) check and sort carefully | ||
| Samples | Sift the information. | ||
| Synonyms | sieve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study | ||
| 4. | sift (cognition) distinguish and separate out | ||
| Samples | Sift through the job candidates. | ||
| Synonyms | sieve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
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