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presift

presift verb: to sift in advance.

Verb

presift (third-person singular simple present presifts, present participle presifting, simple past and past participle presifted)

  1. (transitive) To sift in advance.
    • presifted flour

Forms of presift

third-person singular presentpresifts
present participlepresifting
past participlepresifted
pastpresifted

Origin of presift

From pre- + sift.

Questions about presift

What does presift mean?
Presift means to sift in advance.
What part of speech is presift?
Presift is a verb.
What is the past tense of presift?
The past tense of presift is presifted.

Words near presift in the dictionary

  1. presidio
  2. Presidio County
  3. presidios
  4. presidium
  5. presidiums
  6. presift
  7. presifted
  8. presifting
  9. presifts
  10. presign
  11. presignal

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