v01460029
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 35 |
| def | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
| examples | sift the flour |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | separate |
| Derivationally related form | strain → strainer |
| Derivationally related form | sieve → sieve |
| Also see | sieve → sieve out |
| Derivationally related form | sift → sifter; sift → sieve |
| Derivationally related form | sift → sifting |
| Hyponym | rice; resift; riddle, screen; winnow, fan |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | sifting → sift |
| Derivationally related form | sieve → sieve |
| Derivationally related form | sieve → sift; sifter → sift |
| Derivationally related form | strainer → strain |
| Hyponym | separate |
| Hypernym | rice; resift; riddle, screen; winnow, fan |
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