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sift
Overview of verb sift
The verb sift has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sift -- (move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods")
2. (1) sift, sieve, strain -- (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour")
3. sieve, sift -- (check and sort carefully; "sift the information")
4. sieve, sift -- (distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates")
Grep of noun sift
sifter
sifting
Antonyms of verb sift
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sift
1 of 4 senses of sift
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
'Cause To' of verb sift
Derived Forms of verb sift
1 of 4 senses of sift
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
RELATED TO>(noun) sifter#1
=> sifter
RELATED TO>(noun) sifting#1
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
RELATED TO>(noun) sieve#1
=> sieve, screen
Domain of verb sift
Domain Terms of verb sift
Familiarity of verb sift
sift used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 3
sieve, sift
> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
=> anatomize
=> diagnose, name
=> diagnose
=> survey, appraise
=> survey
=> compare
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> assay
=> review, reexamine
=> audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
=> screen
=> trace, follow
=> investigate, look into
=> sieve, sift
=> view, consider, look at
Sense 4
sieve, sift
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
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Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Grep of verb sift
resift
sift
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