odsiewać — 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 blow air through loose material such as grain so the heavier and lighter parts separate.

Senses

odsiewać is used for these senses in English:

• sift (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
• 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 blow air through loose material such as grain so the heavier and lighter parts separate.
2. verb To sort carefully through a group of things, keeping the good and removing the rest.
3. verb To move something by blowing on it, as if fanning it with wings.
4. verb To flap about, the way wings do.

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