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SIFTING
winnow, winnowing, sifting
(noun) the act of separating grain from chaff; “the winnowing was done by women”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sifting
present participle of sift
Noun
sifting (plural siftings)
The act by which something is sifted.
Anagrams
• fisting
Source: Wiktionary
SIFT
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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