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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "sifter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sift out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sift through"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "syften"
},
"expansion": "Middle English syften",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "siftan"
},
"expansion": "Old English siftan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*siftijan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *siftijan",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sifts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sifting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sifted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sifted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sift (third-person singular simple present sifts, present participle sifting, simple past and past participle sifted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To sieve or strain (something)."
],
"id": "en-sift-en-verb-RoUDl58U",
"links": [
[
"sieve",
"sieve"
],
[
"strain",
"strain"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "maġel",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "մաղել"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ntsernu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sala",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"Central"
],
"word": "চালা"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sola",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"Eastern"
],
"word": "চলা"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presjavam",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "пресявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gvgusdiha",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sai¹",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "筛"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "sieve, sift",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāi",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "筛"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "濾"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "filter, strain",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "滤"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "過濾"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "filter, strain",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guòlǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "过滤"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kribri"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivilöidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamiser"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "trivelâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamesâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sieben"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "szitál"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivitä"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "rill"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "setacciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "vagliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cribrō"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "syften"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "temsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "craînchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sedaçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamisar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kalburlamak",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "قلبورلامق"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bixtan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "بیختن"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "valé"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przesiewać"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przesiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "arfować"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przearfować"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "discernir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cindir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cerne"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proséivatʹ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просе́ивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proséjatʹ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просе́ять"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "salain"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rɔ̂n",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ร่อน"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kalburlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просі́яти"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjuvaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просі́ювати"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "raidjî"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamjhî"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogrynu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogru"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 4",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sift"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving."
],
"id": "en-sift-en-verb-DEkaKk-C",
"links": [
[
"separate",
"separate"
],
[
"scatter",
"scatter"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otsjavam",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "отсявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siivilöidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sirottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sirotella"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "éparpiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "disséminer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sieben"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "discernere"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przesiewać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przesiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odsiewać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odsiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "peneirar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséivatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséjatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ять"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "separar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sikta"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 89 1 2 3",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siften"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 28",
"text": "But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, Strawberry Hill Press",
"text": "It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To examine (something) carefully.",
"[+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth."
],
"id": "en-sift-en-verb-ijVR5xUY",
"links": [
[
"examine",
"examine"
],
[
"carefully",
"carefully"
],
[
"scrutinise",
"scrutinise"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1996, Timothy B. Savage, Power Through Weakness: Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 70",
"text": "Sifting through the work of great orators like Philostratus and Quintilian they identify numerous examples of classical irony, metaphor, comparison, etc. which are missing in Paul.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To examine (something) carefully.",
"[+ through (object)] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something."
],
"id": "en-sift-en-verb-2n-JuXWu",
"links": [
[
"examine",
"examine"
],
[
"carefully",
"carefully"
],
[
"through",
"through#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "2 8 8 5 28 49",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records."
],
"id": "en-sift-en-verb-KTwjVaQY",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, dated) To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɪft/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪft"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-sift.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-sift.ogg/En-us-sift.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-sift.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razgleždam štatelno",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "разглеждам щателно"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "zeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "sichten"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 49 49 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "մաղել"
},
{
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ntsernu"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
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"word": "চালা"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"Eastern"
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"word": "চলা"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presjavam",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "пресявам"
},
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gvgusdiha",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sai¹",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "筛"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩"
},
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"english": "sieve, sift",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāi",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "筛"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "濾"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "filter, strain",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "滤"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "過濾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guòlǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "过滤"
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"word": "ziften"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kribri"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivilöidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamiser"
},
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"code": "fur",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamesâ"
},
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "szitál"
},
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivitä"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "rill"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "setacciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "vagliare"
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"code": "la",
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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{
"code": "ota",
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"word": "قلبورلامق"
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "بیختن"
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"word": "valé"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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],
"word": "arfować"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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],
"word": "przearfować"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "discernir"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cindir"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cerne"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "proséivatʹ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просе́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просе́ять"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamizar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "salain"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rɔ̂n",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ร่อน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kalburlamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просі́яти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjuvaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просі́ювати"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "raidjî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamjhî"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogrynu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogru"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sift"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otsjavam",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "отсявам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siivilöidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sirottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sirotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "éparpiller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "disséminer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sieben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "discernere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przesiewać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
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],
"word": "przesiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odsiewać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odsiać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "peneirar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséivatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséjatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ять"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "separar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sikta"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siften"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razgleždam štatelno",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "разглеждам щателно"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "zeven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "sichten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "durchgehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "setacciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "esaminare minuziosamente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "cernō"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "gjennomgå"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "examinar minuciosamente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "discernir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "cerne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "examinar minuciosamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "juzgar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "granska"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glàn-grɔɔng",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "กลั่นกรอง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtrài-dtrɔɔng",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "ไตร่ตรอง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wí-nít-chǎi",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "วินิจฉัย"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "souje"
}
],
"word": "sift"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɪft",
"Rhymes:English/ɪft/1 syllable"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "syften"
},
"expansion": "Middle English syften",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "siftan"
},
"expansion": "Old English siftan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*siftijan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *siftijan",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sifts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "sift (plural sifts)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An act of sifting."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɪft/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪft"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-sift.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-sift.ogg/En-us-sift.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-sift.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
"word": "sift"
}
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