Definitions for sift
sɪftsift

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. siftverb

   move as if through a sieve

   "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

2. sift, sieve, strainverb

   separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

   "sift the flour"

3. sieve, siftverb

   check and sort carefully

   "sift the information"

4. sieve, siftverb

   distinguish and separate out

   "sift through the job candidates"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. siftverb

   To sieve or strain (something).

2. siftverb

   To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

3. siftverb

   To examine (something) carefully.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SIFTverb

   Etymology: siftan , Saxon; siften, Dutch.

   1. To separate by a sieve.

   In the sifting of such favour all that came out could not be expected to be pure meal, but must have a mixture of padar and bran. Henry Wotton.

   2. To separate; to part.

   When yellow sands are sifted from below,
   The glitt’ring billows give a golden show. Dryden.

   3. To examine; to try.

   We have sifted your objections against those pre-eminences royal. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   All which the wit of Calvin could from thence draw, by sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable, is no more than that certain speeches seem to intimate, that all Christian churches ought to have their elderships. Richard Hooker.

   I fear me, if thy thoughts were sifted,
   The king thy sovereign is not quite exempt
   From envious malice of thy swelling heart. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   As near as I could sift him on that argument. William Shakespeare.

   Opportunity I here have had
   To try thee, sift thee, and confess have found thee
   Proof against all temptation as a rock
   Of adamant. John Milton, Paradise Regain’d.

   One would think, that every member who embraces with vehemence the principles of either of these parties, had thoroughly sifted and examined them, and was secretly convinced of their preference to those he rejects. Addison.

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1. sift

   Sift is a verb that primarily refers to the process of passing a loose substance such as flour, sugar, or sand through a sieve or sifter to remove any lumps or impurities. It can also metaphorically refer to examining something thoroughly in order to separate the valuable or relevant parts from the whole.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siftverb

   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. Siftverb

   to separate or part as if with a sieve

3. Siftverb

   to examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize

4. Etymology: [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. 151a. See Sieve.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sift

   sift, v.t. to separate with, or as with, a sieve: to examine closely.—n. Sift′er, one who, or that which, sifts. [A.S. siftan—sife, a sieve.]

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1. SIFT

   What does SIFT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SIFT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Move
   • Select
   • Separate

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Anagrams for sift »

1. fist

2. FIST

3. fits

How to pronounce sift?

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How to say sift in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sift in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sift in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sift in a Sentence

1. Corey Basch:

   This is a sad situation when it takes so much energy to sift through false claims and to determine which products are actually healthful ... advertising claims, especially when they are unsubstantiated, can certainly lead parents astray.

2. Rickey Smith:

   The science is how do I fuse them together? How do I take multiple optical, infrared, and electromagnetic sensors and use them all at once in real-time, if you are out in the desert in an operational setting, infrared alone may be constrained heat so you need all types of sensors together and machines can help us sift through information.

3. Denise Thomas:

   I'm hoping to be able to sift through just one person's telling, every day there's not only one scandal, there's multiple scandals that are just flying at us.

4. Corey Basch:

   We are seeing an influx of advertising aimed at parents for a wide array of products, including food and beverages, toothpaste and vitamins, this is a sad situation when it takes so much energy to sift through false claims and to determine which products are actually healthful ... advertising claims, especially when they are unsubstantiated, can certainly lead parents astray.

5. Joe Biden:

   The American public are trying to sift their way through what's real and what’s fake, and I don’t think as I’ve ever seen a time when the political coverage- the choice of what political coverage the voter looks to has much impact on what they believe. They go to get reinforced on their views, whether it's MSNBC or whether it's Fox.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sift
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sift
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sift
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sift
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sift
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sift