ahag : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

ahag [á.hag.] :

sift (v.)

Synonyms: ag-ag

Derivatives of ahag

Glosses:

sift
v. (motion)	1. sift	move as if through a sieve.; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
	~ go, locomote, move, travel	change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
v. (contact)	2. sieve, sift, strain	separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.; "sift the flour"
	~ separate	divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
	~ rice	sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice.; "rice the potatoes"
	~ resift	sift anew.
	~ riddle, screen	separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.
	~ winnow, fan	separate the chaff from by using air currents.; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
v. (contact)	3. sieve, sift	check and sort carefully.; "sift the information"
	~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas	consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
v. (cognition)	4. sieve, sift	distinguish and separate out.; "sift through the job candidates"
	~ choose, pick out, select, take	pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"