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просе́ивать — meaning in English

proseivat

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English meaning

  • riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  • 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

просе́ивать is used for these senses in English:

  • riddle To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
  • screen To filter by passing through a screen.
  • screen (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
  • sieve To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
  • sift (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).

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.

screen — full definition

  1. noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  2. verb To examine or test someone or something to detect a problem, risk, or suitability.
  3. verb To shield or conceal something from view.
  4. verb To show a film or program publicly.

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