sift

«sift» in Mova's school dictionary: To shake flour or sand through a sieve to break up lumps… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (sift, sifts, sifted, sifting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To shake flour or sand through a sieve to break up lumps or remove bits. tree →

2) To look through many things carefully to find what is useful: sift through the evidence. tree →

3) To sift can also mean to fall lightly and finely, like fine rain or dust. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking and science, sifting separates mixtures: sift sand to remove stones. In stories, detectives sift through clues. Phrases: sift flour, sift through.

examples

• Sift the flour into the bowl. tree →
• We sifted the sand to find shells. tree →
• The detective sifted through the papers. tree →
• Sifting removes lumps. tree →
• Sift the soil to take out the stones. tree →
• She sifted through hundreds of photos. tree →
• Dey wa'n't no rain, but de wet des sifted down; mighty raw day. tree →

note

Regular verb: sifted. Tool: sieve (say «siv»), sifter. Science: sifting/sieving separates solids of different sizes.

In the corpora

• A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sift» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.