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Meanings of sifting in English
Portuguese
peneiração Spanish
tamizado Usage of sifting in English
1
We need more data from the body before we can start sifting.'
2
There were too many people in Madras interested in sifting the facts.
3
The following is the result of the sifting test of this sand:
4
The wagon lumbered away with the sifting dust gushing from the wheels.
5
The panel could start sifting through the paperwork as early as September.
6
Another was Mercer's, with years of data I'd spend ages sifting through.
7
But sand started sifting through between it and the urn beside it.
8
Micah was busy sifting through the texts they'd received from the Duskoff.
9
May went through the motions of sifting what passes for her memory.
10
Once the automated data-sifting is complete, human analysis takes over, Khan says.
11
Make shortcake by sifting dry ingredients, cut in fat, and add liquid.
12
We haven't finished sifting through the mess that was left behind yet.
13
Make a batter by mixing and sifting the flour, sugar, and salt.
14
His secretary, Maria, was already at her desk, sifting through the mail.
15
They should be turned every few hours, sifting over them more sugar.
16
I know you, I said, sifting through the faces in my memory.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Sifting through the time
Sifting across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common