ENGLISH: sift - CREOLE: pase



Overview of verb sift



The verb sift has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) sift -- (move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods")

2. (1) sift, sieve, strain -- (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour")

3. sieve, sift -- (check and sort carefully; "sift the information")

4. sieve, sift -- (distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates")

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