przesiać — meaning in English

English meaning

• riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
• sieve noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.
• sift verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.

Senses

przesiać is used for these senses in English:

• riddle To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
• sieve To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
• sift (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).
• sift (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

riddle — full definition

1. noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
2. noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
3. verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.

sieve — full definition

1. noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.
2. noun Something, or someone, that lets too much through — a poor filter, especially for secrets or memory.
3. verb To pass something through a sieve; to sift or strain.

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