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To shake flour, sugar, etc., through a sieve.

To pass dry ingredients through a fine-mesh sifter so any large pieces can be removed. Sifting also incorporates air to make ingredients (such as confectioners' sugar or flour) lighter.

verb

To set apart (one kind or type) from others: separate, sort, winnow. See include/exclude.

v

Definition: take out residue
Antonyms: put in

For a list of words related to sifter, see:

• Utensils and Appliances - sifter: strainer for flour or sugar

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See words rhyming with "sifter."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sigte, undersøge, vurdere, prøve, sortere, strø, drysse
v. intr. - sigte
n. - udskillelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
schiften, zeven, uitzoeken

Français (French)
v. tr. - tamiser, passer (qch) au tamis, passer (qch) au crible, vanner (le blé), (fig) passer (qch) au crible
v. intr. - (fig) passer (qch) en revue, examiner (qch)
n. - triage

Deutsch (German)
v. - sieben, untersuchen
n. - Sieben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κοσκινίζω, ψιλοκοσκινίζω, πασπαλίζω (με ζάχαρη κ.λπ.), (μτφ.) εξετάζω σχολαστικά, διαλέγω προσεκτικά

Italiano (Italian)
smistare, setacciare, spulciare, indagare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - peneirar, examinar minuciosamente

Русский (Russian)
просеивание, просеянный материал, просеивать, фильтровать, тщательно исследовать, внимательно подбирать (работников)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - seleccionar, separar, cerner, cribar, tamizar, investigar, examinar, indagar
v. intr. - pasar a través de un cedazo, caer de un cedazo o como de un cedazo
n. - selección, especialmente para aislar lo más importante o útil

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sålla, sikta, skilja från, sovra, noga pröva, granska, noga undersöka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
筛, 撒, 撒落, 过滤, 详查, 细究, 撒下, 飘落, 被筛, 过滤物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 篩, 撒, 撒落, 過濾, 詳查, 細究
v. intr. - 篩, 撒下, 飄落, 被篩, 詳查, 細究
n. - 過濾物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 체로 치다, 정밀하게 조사하다, ~을 엄하게 심문하다
v. intr. - 체를 통해 가려내다, (서류 등을) 조사하다, (눈, 빛 등이) 체를 빠지듯 내리다
n. - 체

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ふるいにかける, ふるい分ける, ふるいでふるう, 降り込む, 入念に調べる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينخل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניפה, סינן, בזק, בדק, הפריד, ברר‬
v. intr. - ‮סינן, נפל כמו מכברה‬
n. - ‮סינון, בייחוד כדי לבודד את החשוב או השימושי ביותר‬

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