sift

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) To sieve or strain (something).
 * 2) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
 * 3) To examine (something) carefully.
 * 4)  To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
 * 5)  To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
 * 6)  To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.
 * 1)  To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
 * 2)  To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.
 * 1)  To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.
 * 1)  To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: ntsernu
 * Assamese:
 * Central: চালা
 * Eastern: চলা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎬᎫᏍᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 篩
 * Mandarin:,  ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: trivelâ, tamesâ
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: siivitä
 * Irish: rill
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: cribrō
 * Middle English: syften, temsen
 * Norman: craînchi
 * Occitan:, tamisar, cernir
 * Ottoman Turkish: قلبورلامق
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: valé
 * Polish:, , , przearfować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog: salain
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: просі́яти, просі́ювати
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh: gogrynu, gogru
 * West Frisian: sift


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ; ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:, , odsiewać, odsiać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * West Frisian: siften


 * Bulgarian: разглеждам щателно
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, esaminare minuziosamente
 * Latin: cernō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjennomgå
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: examinar minuciosamente,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, ไตร่ตรอง,
 * West Frisian: souje

Noun

 * 1) An act of sifting.

Usage notes
The utensil used for sifting is a, not a "sift".