No. 5,770 in Russian
просеять
"Просеять" means "to sift" or "to sieve."
In a sentence
Мы решили просеять муку перед выпечкой.
We decided to sift the flour before baking.
The word 'просеять' means to sift in this context, which involves passing flour through a sieve to remove clumps.
Учитель помог нам просеять важные факты из текста.
The teacher helped us sift out the important facts from the text.
Here, 'просеять' means to sift in a metaphorical sense, as separating relevant information from non-relevant.
Полиция пыталась просеять новых свидетелей происшествия.
The police tried to sift through new witnesses to the incident.
In this sentence, 'просеять' metaphorically means to carefully examine or filter something in order to find key elements.
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