About The Word Sift
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Sift
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What's The Definition Of Sift?
[v] distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
[v] separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [v] check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [v] move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sift: sieve | sieve | strain Related Terms | Find terms related to Sift: See Also | analyse | analyze | canvass | choose | examine | fan | go | locomote | move | pick out | pick over | resift | rice | riddle | screen | select | separate | sieve out | study | take | travel | winnow Sift In Webster's Dictionary \Sift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sifting}.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See
{Sieve}.]
1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance
from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift
powder; to sift sand or lime.
2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.
When yellow sands are sifted from below, The
glittering billows give a golden show. --Dryden.
3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.
--Hooker.
Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee.
--Milton.
Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. --I. Taylor.
{To sift out}, to search out with care, as if by sifting.
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