If you sift through barrels of dirt, you may eventually find a flake of gold.
Source: tatoeba (5023575)
Sift
/sɪft/
Synonyms for "sift" (191 found)
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Closest matches (39)
airanalyzeappraiseargueassessassortboltcanvasscatalogcategorizechoosechoose outclarifyclassclassifyclearcollatecombcomment uponconsider
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contradistinguishcontrovertcordoncordon offcullcull outdeal withdebatedecide betweendecrassifydeliberatedeliberate upondelve intodemarcatedemarkdepuratedifferentiate
Strong matches (57)
dig intodiscoursediscourse aboutdiscriminatediscussdistilldistinguishdividedraw the lineedulcorateeluteessentializeevaluateexamineexcerptexchange viewsexploreextractfactorfathom
Related words (95)
Noun(17 words)
peerpeer intopercolatepickpick outplumbpoke intoprobeprospectprypry intopurifyput asidequarantinerankrapreasonreason aboutreason the pointrectify
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refinereviewriddlescreenscreen outscrutinizesearchsearch intosecludesegregateselectseparateset a limitset apartset asideset offseverseveralizesievesieve outsift outsingle outsizesortsort outsoundspiritualizesplit hairsstrainstudysubdividesublimatesublimesubordinatesubtilizetake uptalktalk abouttalk oftalk overthrashthrash outthreshthresh outtreattryventilateweed outweighwinnow
Related word relations
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
15 entriesCollocations
9 entriessift a samplesift datasift floursift outlierssift powdersift samplessift through datasift through evidencesift together
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разглеждам щателно verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Dutch
2 entries- zeven verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- ziften verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Finnish
2 entries- seuloa verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- tutkia verb (to examine (something) carefully)
German
2 entries- durchgehen verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- sichten verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Italian
2 entries- esaminare minuziosamente verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- setacciare verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Latin
1 entries- cernō verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjennomgå verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Portuguese
2 entries- discernir verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- examinar minuciosamente verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Romanian
1 entries- cerne verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Spanish
2 entries- examinar minuciosamente verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- juzgar verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Swedish
1 entries- granska verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Telugu
1 entries- గాలించు verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Thai
3 entries- กลั่นกรอง verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- วินิจฉัย verb (to examine (something) carefully)
- ไตร่ตรอง verb (to examine (something) carefully)
West-Frisian
1 entries- souje verb (to examine (something) carefully)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Did you sift the flour before you made the cookie batter?
Source: tatoeba (5023576)
Tom wanted to sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together, but he didn't have a sieve.
Source: tatoeba (8988131)
Sift the flour to remove the lumps.
Source: tatoeba (9649852)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.