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Synonyms for sift
sɪftsift
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sift
Synonyms:
screen, analyze, scrutinize, robe, examine critically, investigate, winnow, sortAntonyms:
confound, fuse, confuse, amalgamate, conglomerate, compound
Princeton's WordNet
siftverb
move as if through a sieve
"The soldiers sifted through the woods"
sift, sieve, strainverb
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
"sift the flour"
Synonyms:
screen, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, screen out, try, filter, extend, strive, sieve, filtrate, sort, distort, deformsieve, siftverb
check and sort carefully
"sift the information"
Synonyms:
sieve, screen, sort, strain, screen outsieve, siftverb
distinguish and separate out
"sift through the job candidates"
Synonyms:
sieve, screen, sort, strain, screen out
Editors Contribution
rentverb
being a common word in the form of noun, rent is unknown to many as verb.
there is a slim rent in the boulder that makes it distinguished.
Submitted by MAMIDALA on June 8, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
siftverb
Synonyms:
boltsiftverb
Synonyms:
scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
siftverb
Synonyms:
bolt, cribble, riddle, investigate
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SIFT
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#684 | try | |
#923 | sort | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1524 | filter | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2989 | stress | |
#4532 | extend | |
#6166 | investigate | |
#6612 | strain | |
#6840 | analyze | |
#11336 | strive | |
#15950 | robe | |
#16043 | tense | |
#28884 | sieve | |
#32665 | distort | |
#33817 | sift | |
#42565 | puree | |
#55667 | scrutinize | |
#78074 | deform | |
#86202 | filtrate | |
#134645 | winnow |
How to use sift in a sentence?
I'm hoping to be able to sift through just one person's telling, every day there's not only one scandal, there's multiple scandals that are just flying at us.
Sift through my insanity and revel in my greatness
Nancy, certainly more questions than answers. We heard in the week that the FBI had discovered Brian Laundrie's remains at the Environmental Creek Park. Not far from the Laundrie's North Port home here. An autopsy was completed on that body -- results came back inconclusive. Remains are being sent to a forensic anthropologist who will sift through the remains and figure out any clues to try to determine cause of death, here at Laundrie's home in North Port, it has been quiet today. This morning we got a first look at the Laundrie parents leaving the home together, they were in a hurry, jumped into a red pickup truck and left. They sped off.
The American public are trying to sift their way through what's real and what’s fake, and I don’t think as I’ve ever seen a time when the political coverage- the choice of what political coverage the voter looks to has much impact on what they believe. They go to get reinforced on their views, whether it's MSNBC or whether it's Fox.
This is a sad situation when it takes so much energy to sift through false claims and to determine which products are actually healthful ... advertising claims, especially when they are unsubstantiated, can certainly lead parents astray.
Translations for sift
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- نخلArabic
- siebenGerman
- κοσκινίGreek
- kribriEsperanto
- cernir, juzgar, separar, colarSpanish
- بیختنPersian
- seuloa, siivilöidä, tutkiaFinnish
- passer, éparpiller, tamiser, disséminerFrench
- esaminare minuziosamente, discernere, setacciareItalian
- cernoLatin
- ziften, zeven, ziftDutch
- przesiewać, odsiać, odsiewać, przesiaćPolish
- cindir, discernir, examinar, minuciosamentePortuguese
- cerneRomanian
- отсе́ивать, просе́ять, отсе́ять, просе́иватьRussian
- granskaSwedish
- గాలించుTelugu
- raidjî, passer, tamjhîWalloon
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