Sift

//sɪft//

Synonyms for "sift" (159 found)

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Related words (79)

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manner of

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Translations

109 translations across 40 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • մաղել verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Aromanian

1 entries
  • ntsernu verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Assamese

2 entries
  • চলা verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • চালা verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • отсявам verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • пресявам verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • разглеждам щателно verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Catalan

1 entries
  • cerndre verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 篩 /筛 verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 濾 /滤 verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • 篩 /筛 verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • 過濾 /过滤 verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Dutch

4 entries
  • zeven verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • ziften verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • ziften verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • ziften verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kribri verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Finnish

4 entries
  • seuloa verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • seuloa verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • seuloa verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • siivilöidä verb (to sieve or strain (something))

French

4 entries
  • disséminer verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • passer verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • tamiser verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • éparpiller verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)

Friulian

2 entries
  • tamesâ verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • trivelâ verb (to sieve or strain (something))

German

4 entries
  • durchgehen verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • sichten verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • sieben verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • sieben verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szitál verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Ingrian

3 entries
  • seeglata verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • seegloa verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • siivitä verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Irish

2 entries
  • criathraigh verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • rill verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Italian

4 entries
  • discernere verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • esaminare minuziosamente verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • setacciare verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • setacciare verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Latin

2 entries
  • cernō verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • cribrō verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Middle English

2 entries
  • syften verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • temsen verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Norman

1 entries
  • craînchi verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gjennomgå verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Occitan

3 entries
  • cernir verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • sedaçar verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • tamisar verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قلبورلامق verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Persian

1 entries
  • بیختن verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • valé verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Polish

4 entries
  • arfować verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • odsiać verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • odsiewać verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • przearfować verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cindir verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • discernir verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • discernir verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • examinar minuciosamente verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cerne verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • cerne verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Russian

4 entries
  • отсе́ивать verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • отсе́ять verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • просе́ивать verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • просе́ять verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Spanish

4 entries
  • acribar verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • ahechar verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • cernir verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • cribar verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Swedish

2 entries
  • granska verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • sikta verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • salain verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Telugu

3 entries
  • గాలించు verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • గాలించు verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • గాలించు verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Thai

4 entries
  • กรอง verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • กรอง verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • กลั่นกรอง verb (to examine (something) carefully)
  • ร่อน verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Turkish

1 entries
  • kalburlamak verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • просі́ювати verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • просі́яти verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Walloon

3 entries
  • passer verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • raidjî verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • tamjhî verb (to sieve or strain (something))

Welsh

2 entries
  • gogru verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • gogrynu verb (to sieve or strain (something))

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • sift verb (to sieve or strain (something))
  • siften verb (to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving)
  • souje verb (to examine (something) carefully)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you sift through barrels of dirt, you may eventually find a flake of gold.

Source: tatoeba (5023575)

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)

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