sichten — meaning in English

English meaning

• sift verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.
• winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Senses

sichten is used for these senses in English:

• sift (transitive) To examine (something) carefully.
• winnow (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

sift — full definition

1. verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.
2. verb To examine something closely and methodically, especially to separate what matters from what doesn't.

winnow — full definition

1. verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
2. verb To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
3. verb To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
4. verb To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

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