EGAVE

sift

About 0.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To sieve or strain (something).
  2. verb To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
  3. verb To examine (something) carefully. To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
  4. verb To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
  5. verb .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
  6. verb To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.
  7. noun An act of sifting.

Similar words

sieve strain winnow change amount intermediate intermediary fact select intermediaries

Often followed by

the through out together and flour it them you in

Word family

sifted sifter sifters sifting sifts

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