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Meanings of sifting in English

Catalan
porgada
Spanish
sifting

The act of separating grain from chaff.

porgada
Portuguese
peneiração
Spanish
tamizado

Sorting materials, especially flour, by passing them through mesh screens.

peneiração
Synonyms
Examples for "winnowing"
Examples for "winnowing"
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His thoughts whirled around in his mind like chaff in a winnowing-machine.
The Adventures of Captain Horn
2
This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
3
They scattered, as the chronicles record, like chaff from the winnowing fan.
The Fountains of Paradise
4
The left hand holding a scoop for winnowing corn; the other points upwards.
Mornings in Florence
5
The winnowing of grain is conducted in the most slovenly manner.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
1
Stars can also be used to winnow which reviews you need to read.
Independent.ie
2
Only having taken it in, we do winnow and sift it.
The Cloister and the Hearth
3
Thus did our superintendent winnow the chaff from the wheat continually.
The Iron Horse
4
Selling OneMain would allow Citigroup to winnow Citi Holdings even further.
Reuters
5
Meekly, she spoke, Our people, Prometheus, they winnow into the winds.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
Usage of sifting in English
1
We need more data from the body before we can start sifting.'
Something in the water
2
There were too many people in Madras interested in sifting the facts.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
3
The following is the result of the sifting test of this sand:
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LX...
4
The wagon lumbered away with the sifting dust gushing from the wheels.
The Emigrant Trail
5
The panel could start sifting through the paperwork as early as September.
The Guardian
6
Another was Mercer's, with years of data I'd spend ages sifting through.
Sea of Rust
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But sand started sifting through between it and the urn beside it.
The bone chamber
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Micah was busy sifting through the texts they'd received from the Duskoff.
Witch blood
9
May went through the motions of sifting what passes for her memory.
The Guardian
10
Once the automated data-sifting is complete, human analysis takes over, Khan says.
Wired
11
Make shortcake by sifting dry ingredients, cut in fat, and add liquid.
Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them (1918)
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We haven't finished sifting through the mess that was left behind yet.
Stolen heat
13
Make a batter by mixing and sifting the flour, sugar, and salt.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
14
His secretary, Maria, was already at her desk, sifting through the mail.
The Information Officer
15
They should be turned every few hours, sifting over them more sugar.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
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I know you, I said, sifting through the faces in my memory.
The Book of Life
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Translations for sifting
Portuguese
peneiração
Sifting through the time
Sifting across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common