Synonyms: screen, sieve, strain
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sɪft/ |
| Hyphenation | sift |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑑 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sift | (I) sifted |
| (thou) siftest | (thou) siftedst |
| (he) sifts, sifteth | (he) sifted |
| (we) sift | (we) sifted |
| (you) sift | (you) sifted |
| (they) sift | (they) sifted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sift | (I) sifted |
| (thou) sift | (thou) sifted |
| (he) sift | (he) sifted |
| (we) sift | (we) sifted |
| (you) sift | (you) sifted |
| (they) sift | (they) sifted |
| Imperative mood | |
| sift | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| sifting | sifted |
| Dutch | ziften |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | kribri |
| Faeroese | síla; sálda |
| French | tamiser |
| German | sieben |
| Latin | cernere; cribellare; cribrare |
| Papiamento | kola; sefta; skuri |
| Portuguese | joeirar; peneirar |
| Spanish | cribar |
| Sranan | doro; dorodoro |
| Swedish | harpa; sikta; sålla |
| West Frisian | souje |