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verbsift (verb) · sifts (third person present) · sifted (past tense) · sifted (past participle) · sifting (present participle)- put (a fine, loose, or powdery substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:"sift the flour into a large bowl"
- cause to flow or pass as through a sieve:"Melanie sifted the warm sand through her fingers"
- (of snow, ash, etc.) descend or float down lightly or sparsely as if sprinkled from a sieve:"ash began to sift down around them"
- examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important or useful:"until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively" · "the fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it"
- (sift something out)separate something, especially something to be discarded, from something else:"he asked for streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications"
nounsift (noun) · sifts (plural noun)- an act of sifting something, especially so as to isolate that which is most important or useful:"a careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris"
- an amount of sifted material:"the floor was dusted with a fine sift of flour"
OriginOld English siftan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- put (a fine, loose, or powdery substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles:
- examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important or useful:
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