Thesaurus: sift

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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.
2. v. t. To separate or part as if with a sieve.
3. v. t. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
4. v. move as if through a sieve
5. v. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
6. v. check and sort carefully
7. v. distinguish and separate out
8. 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.
9. v:100 v. move as if through a sieve v. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements