cribar

v.

1 to sieve.

2 to screen out, to select.

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cribar

► verbo transitivo

1 (colar) to sift, sieve

2 figurado (seleccionar) to screen

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VT to sieve, sift

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verbo transitivo to sieve, sift

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= sift, screen out, filter (out), winnow, strain, vet.

Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.

Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex. Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.

Ex. Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.

Ex. Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.

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verbo transitivo to sieve, sift

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= sift, screen out, filter (out), winnow, strain, vet.

Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.

Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex: Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.

Ex: Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.

Ex: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.

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cribar [A1 ]

vt

to sieve, sift

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cribar (conjugate cribar) verbo transitivo
to sieve, sift
cribar sustantivo femenino
1 Agr to sift
2 figurado to filter, narrow down: vamos a cribar todas las propuestas, let's narrow down the proposals
'cribar' also found in these entries:
English:
sieve

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cribar vt

1. [con tamiz] to sieve

2. [seleccionar] to screen out, to select

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cribar

v/t sift, sieve; fig

select

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cribar vt

: to sift