Dictionary entry

Sift

Pronunciation: /sɪft/

Pronunciation

/sɪft/

Myanmar Meaning

(v.t) ဆန်ခါချသည်။ဆန်ခါနှင့်ချသကဲ့သို့ စစ်ထုပ်ယူသည်။

Definition

sift /sÇft/ v ၁။ (က) အမႈန္႔ကို ဆန္ခါခ်သည္။ sift the flour/sugar (into a bowl). (ခ) ~ sth (out) from sth ; ~ sth out ဆန္ခါခ်သည္။ sift (out) the lumps from the flour/the wheat from the chaff. ၂။ (က) ~ (through) sth စစ္ထုတ္သည္။ ဆန္းစစ္သည္။ sift the evidence ❍ Investigators are sifting through the wreckage trying to find the cause of the crash. (ခ) ~ sth (out) from sth ; ~ sth out ေရြးထုတ္သည္။ She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out (from the pile) anything that looked interesting.

Examples

  1. Sift every grain of information until you find the answer.
  2. Bomb experts continue to sift the blast site.