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sift

/sɪft/ verbo C1

En español: tamizar, cerner, cernir, ahechar

  1. To sieve or strain (something). (transitive)
  2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving. (transitive)
  3. [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something. (transitive)
  4. To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records. (dated, transitive)

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Bell’s woods, where the light came down sifted through so many emerald screens that it was as flawless as the heart of a diamond.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 107 · C1
These, then, had to be sifted and balanced against each other.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 26 · B2

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