"sift out" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sifts out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "sift out (third-person singular simple present sifts out, present participle sifting out, simple past and past participle sifted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Valerie Cruice, When Do I Clap?: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Classical Music and Concert Hall Conduct, page 129",
          "text": "So in the waning days of the 20th Century, concert programmers and ticket-buyers alike have become informed and careful about what to sell and what to buy; to sift out the good new music from the not-so-good.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Timothy Zahn, Night Train to Rigel, page 159",
          "text": "Besides, a little judicious eavesdropping might sift out a useful nugget or two.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Vernon Ruland, Living Out the Questions: A Jesuit Confession, page 125",
          "text": "The unfolding narrative often exposes a disciple's uneven progress, striving to sift out authentic guides from their counterfeits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things."
      ],
      "id": "en-sift_out-en-verb-exWiUEO-",
      "links": [
        [
          "isolate",
          "isolate"
        ],
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "winnow"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "seuloa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otseivatʹ",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "отсеивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hacer la criba"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sift out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-au-sift_out.ogg/En-au-sift_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-au-sift_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sift out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sifts out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifting out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifted out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sifted out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "sift out (third-person singular simple present sifts out, present participle sifting out, simple past and past participle sifted out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Valerie Cruice, When Do I Clap?: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Classical Music and Concert Hall Conduct, page 129",
          "text": "So in the waning days of the 20th Century, concert programmers and ticket-buyers alike have become informed and careful about what to sell and what to buy; to sift out the good new music from the not-so-good.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Timothy Zahn, Night Train to Rigel, page 159",
          "text": "Besides, a little judicious eavesdropping might sift out a useful nugget or two.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Vernon Ruland, Living Out the Questions: A Jesuit Confession, page 125",
          "text": "The unfolding narrative often exposes a disciple's uneven progress, striving to sift out authentic guides from their counterfeits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "isolate",
          "isolate"
        ],
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "collection",
          "collection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sift out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-au-sift_out.ogg/En-au-sift_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-au-sift_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "winnow"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "seuloa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otseivatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "отсеивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hacer la criba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sift out"
}