See sift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sifter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sift out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sift through"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "syften"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*siftijan"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.",
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{
"form": "sifts",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"present"
]
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{
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"past"
]
},
{
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"glosses": [
"To sieve or strain (something)."
],
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[
"sieve",
"sieve"
],
[
"strain",
"strain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To sieve or strain (something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "maġel",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "մաղել"
},
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"code": "rup",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ntsernu"
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"roman": "sala",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "চালা"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sola",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "চলা"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presjavam",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "пресявам"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gvgusdiha",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sai¹",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩 /筛"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "sieve, sift",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāi",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "篩 /筛"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "filter, strain",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "濾 /滤"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "filter, strain",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guòlǜ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "過濾 /过滤"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ziften"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kribri"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivilöidä"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seuloa"
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
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{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamiser"
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "trivelâ"
},
{
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamesâ"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sieben"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "szitál"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "siivitä"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seegloa"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seeglata"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "rill"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "setacciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "vagliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cribrō"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "syften"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "temsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "craînchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sedaçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamisar"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kalburlamak",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "قلبورلامق"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bixtan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "بیختن"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "valé"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przesiewać"
},
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "discernir"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cindir"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cerne"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просе́ивать"
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
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"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamizar"
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "salain"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rɔ̂n",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "ร่อน"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "kalburlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просі́яти"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosíjuvaty",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просі́ювати"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "passer"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "raidjî"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamjhî"
},
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"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogrynu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 1 2 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "gogru"
},
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sift"
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"To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving."
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"(transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otsjavam",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
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"word": "ziften"
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"word": "siivilöidä"
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"word": "sirottaa"
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"word": "sirotella"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "éparpiller"
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"_dis1": "4 90 1 2 3",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "disséminer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sieben"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "discernere"
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
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"imperfective"
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "peneirar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otséivatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "отсе́ивать"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ять"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "separar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "sikta"
},
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"_dis1": "4 90 1 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
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"_dis1": "4 90 1 2 3",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "กรอง"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 90 1 2 3",
"code": "fy",
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"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siften"
}
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"ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:",
"text": "As neere as I could ſift him on that argument,\nOn ſome apparant danger ſeene in him,\nAym‘d at your Highneſſe, no inueterate malice.",
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},
{
"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": "quote"
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{
"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.",
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"To examine (something) carefully.",
"To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth."
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"(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.",
"(archaic or dated, transitive) To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth."
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"dated",
"transitive"
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"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": "quote"
}
],
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"To examine (something) carefully.",
"[with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something."
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"(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.",
"(transitive) [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something."
],
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "szitál"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"code": "izh",
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "seeglata"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "rill"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "setacciare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "vagliare"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cribrō"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "syften"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "temsen"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "craînchi"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "sedaçar"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamisar"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cernir"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kalburlamak",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "قلبورلامق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bixtan",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "بیختن"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "valé"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"word": "przesiewać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
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"word": "przesiać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"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)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "przearfować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "discernir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cindir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "cerne"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proséivatʹ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "просе́ивать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proséjatʹ",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"tags": [
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"word": "просе́ять"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sieve or strain (something)",
"word": "tamizar"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"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"
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{
"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"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otséjatʹ",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отсе́ять"
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{
"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"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grɔɔng",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "กรอง"
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving",
"word": "siften"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "gjennomgå"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "examinar minuciosamente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "discernir"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "cerne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "examinar minuciosamente"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "juzgar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "granska"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gāliñcu",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "గాలించు"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glàn-grɔɔng",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "กลั่นกรอง"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtrài-dtrɔɔng",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "ไตร่ตรอง"
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"roman": "wí-nít-chǎi",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "วินิจฉัย"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to examine (something) carefully",
"word": "souje"
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