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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#m1)

2) To look through many things carefully to find what is useful: sift through the evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#m2)

3) To sift can also mean to fall lightly and finely, like fine rain or dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x1)
- We sifted the sand to find shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x2)
- The detective sifted through the papers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x3)
- Sifting removes lumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x4)
- Sift the soil to take out the stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x5)
- She sifted through hundreds of photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x6)
- Dey wa'n't no rain, but de wet des sifted down; mighty raw day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.584/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sift» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.