Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sift
Participle: sifted
Gerund: sifting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | sift |
| you | sift |
| he;she;it | sifts |
| we | sift |
| you | sift |
| they | sift |
Perfect
| I | have sifted |
| you | have sifted |
| he;she;it | has sifted |
| we | have sifted |
| you | have sifted |
| they | have sifted |
Past
| I | sifted |
| you | sifted |
| he;she;it | sifted |
| we | sifted |
| you | sifted |
| they | sifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sifted |
| you | had sifted |
| he;she;it | had sifted |
| we | had sifted |
| you | had sifted |
| they | had sifted |
Future
| I | will sift |
| you | will sift |
| he;she;it | will sift |
| we | will sift |
| you | will sift |
| they | will sift |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sifted |
| you | will have sifted |
| he;she;it | will have sifted |
| we | will have sifted |
| you | will have sifted |
| they | will have sifted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sift |
| you | sift |
| he;she;it | sift |
| we | sift |
| you | sift |
| they | sift |
Perfect
| I | have sifted |
| you | have sifted |
| he;she;it | have sifted |
| we | have sifted |
| you | have sifted |
| they | have sifted |
Imperfect
| I | sifted |
| you | sifted |
| he;she;it | sifted |
| we | sifted |
| you | sifted |
| they | sifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sifted |
| you | had sifted |
| he;she;it | had sifted |
| we | had sifted |
| you | had sifted |
| they | had sifted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sift |
| you | would sift |
| he;she;it | would sift |
| we | would sift |
| you | would sift |
| they | would sift |
Perfect
| I | would have sifted |
| you | would have sifted |
| he;she;it | would have sifted |
| we | would have sifted |
| you | would have sifted |
| they | would have sifted |
Imperative
| you | sift |
| we | Let's sift |
| you | sift |
Verbs conjugated like 'sift'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sift'
gift,
lift,
rift,
shift,
silt,
sist,
sit,
snift,
airt,
biff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To separate or scatter things as if by sieving.
- unmix
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan. See: Middle English '
syften', Old English '
siftan'.
Sample Sentences
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“ Tend to yer soul ! ” repeated Tom, contemptuously; “ take a bright lookout to find a soul in you,—save yourself any care on that score. If the devil sifts you through a hair sieve, he won't find one. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] picking up the rose-leaves and trimming the bushes in Paradise, asking other hands than those of the original mother. While, therefore, John ran to the spring for fresh water, and Simeon the second sifted meal for corn-cakes, and Mary ground coffee, Rachel moved gently, and quietly about, making biscuits, cutting up chicken, and diffusing a sort of sunny radiance over the whole proceeding generally. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Miss Ophelia lifted out the sifting papers of sweet herbs.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Poor soul ! ” said Tom, compassionately. “ Satan desires to have ye, and sift ye as wheat. I pray the Lord for ye. O ! Misse Cassy, turn to the dear Lord Jesus. He came to bind up the broken-hearted, and comfort all that mourn. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)