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SIFT
sieve, sift
(verb) distinguish and separate out; “sift through the job candidates”
sift, sieve, strain
(verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; “sift the flour”
sieve, sift
(verb) check and sort carefully; “sift the information”
sift
(verb) move as if through a sieve; “The soldiers sifted through the woods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sift (third-person singular simple present sifts, present participle sifting, simple past and past participle sifted)
To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully.
(archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
Anagrams
• FIST, FITs, FiTs, ITFs, TIFs, fist, fits
Source: Wiktionary
Sift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting.] Etym: [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. sq. root151a. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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