Other Definitions sift (enc)
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Sift| Verb | 1. | sift - move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" | | | 2. | sift - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" rice - sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes" riddle, screen - separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff winnow, fan - separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field" | | | 3. | sift - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" | | | 4. | sift - distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | |
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