"sift out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sift out.ogg Forms: sifts out [present, singular, third-person], sifting out [participle, present], sifted out [participle, past], sifted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sift out (third-person singular simple present sifts out, present participle sifting out, simple past and past participle sifted out)
  1. (idiomatic) To isolate or identify one particular thing from a collection that includes less relevant things. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: winnow Translations (Translations): seuloa (Finnish), отсеивать (otseivatʹ) (Russian), hacer la criba (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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