sift

suomi-englanti sanakirja

sift englannista suomeksi

1. seuloa

2. siivilöityä

3. tutkia

4. siivilöidä

0. Verbi

1. siivilöidä, seuloa

2. siivilöidä, seuloa; sirottaa, sirotella

3. seuloa, tutkia

3. Substantiivi

sift englanniksi

1. To sieve or strain (something).

2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

3. To examine (something) carefully.

4. To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.

5. (RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2)

6. (quote-book)|year=1748|title=Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press|year_published=1973|section=§ 28|passage=But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, ''What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ?'' this implies a new question.

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8. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|year_published=1963|page=108|passage=“I fear that there is something more serious than accident here, Mr. Brently,” said the captain. “I wish that you would make a personal and very careful examination of Mr. Caldwell’s effects, to ascertain if there is any clew to a motive either for suicide or murder—sift the thing to the bottom.”

9. (quote-book)|publisher=Pan Books|location=London|year_published=1954|page=162|passage=Never, he said, in the course of his long experience, had he known a charge of murder rest on slighter evidence. Not only was it entirely circumstantial, but the greater part of it was practically unproved. Let them take the testimony they had heard and sift it impartially.

10. (+obj) To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

11. (quote-book)

12. (quote-web)

13. To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

14. An act of sifting.