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
- noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
- noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
- verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.
screen — full definition
- noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
- verb To examine or test someone or something to detect a problem, risk, or suitability.
- verb To shield or conceal something from view.
- verb To show a film or program publicly.