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Definition of Sift

1. Verb. Move as if through a sieve. "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

2. Verb. Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. "Sift the flour"

3. Verb. Check and sort carefully. "Sift the information"

4. Verb. Distinguish and separate out. "Sift through the job candidates"

Definition of Sift

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Sift

1. to sieve [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sieve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sift

sieve tube sieve tube sieving SIF Sif sifac sifaka sifakas siffle siffled

siffles siffleur siffleurs siffling sifilet sift (current term) sifted sifter sifter sifters

sifting siftings sifts siganid siganids sigaultian sigeh Siggaard-Andersen nomogram sigh sigh

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