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sifting
Overview of noun sifting
The noun sifting has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. winnow, winnowing, sifting -- (the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women")
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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sifting
1 sense of sifting
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
=> separation
=> sorting
=> grouping
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sifting
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sifting
1 sense of sifting
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
=> separation
Antonyms of noun sifting
Member Holonyms of noun sifting
Substance Holonyms of noun sifting
Part Holonyms of noun sifting
Member Meronyms of noun sifting
Substance Meronyms of noun sifting
Part Meronyms of noun sifting
Meronyms of noun sifting
Holonyms of noun sifting
Attributes of noun sifting
Derived Forms of noun sifting
1 sense of sifting
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
RELATED TO>(verb) sift#2
=> sift, sieve, strain
Domain of noun sifting
Domain Terms of noun sifting
Familiarity of noun sifting
sifting used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sifting
1 sense of sifting
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
> separation
=> threshing
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
Meronyms of noun sifting
1 sense of sifting
Holonyms of noun sifting
Grep of noun sifting
sifting
Antonyms of verb sift
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sift
1 of 4 senses of sift
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
'Cause To' of verb sift
Derived Forms of verb sift
1 of 4 senses of sift
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
RELATED TO>(noun) sifter#1
=> sifter
RELATED TO>(noun) sifting#1
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
RELATED TO>(noun) sieve#1
=> sieve, screen
Domain of verb sift
Domain Terms of verb sift
Familiarity of verb sift
sift used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
sieve, sift
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sift
4 senses of sift
Sense 1
sift
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 3
sieve, sift
> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
=> anatomize
=> diagnose, name
=> diagnose
=> survey, appraise
=> survey
=> compare
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> assay
=> review, reexamine
=> audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
=> screen
=> trace, follow
=> investigate, look into
=> sieve, sift
=> view, consider, look at
Sense 4
sieve, sift
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sift
Sense 1
sift
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 2
sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
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Sense 3
sieve, sift
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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Sense 4
sieve, sift
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Grep of verb sift
resift
sift
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