sift
Verb
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Move as if through a sieve (synset 202103105)
"The soldiers sifted through the woods"
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Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements (synset 201462658)
"sift the flour"hypernym: separate - divide into components or constituentshyponym:
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Check and sort carefully (synset 201463223)
"sift the information"hypernym: analyse, analyze, canvass, examine, study - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaningsynonym: sieve
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Distinguish and separate out (synset 200677687)
"sift through the job candidates"hypernym: choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativessynonym: sieve
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