Sift - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sɪft|
Brit.
|sɪft|
verb
- move as if through a sieve
The soldiers sifted through the woods
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements (syn: sieve, strain)sift the flour
- check and sort carefully (syn: sieve)sift the information
- distinguish and separate out (syn: sieve)sift through the job candidates
Extra examples
Sift the flour into a mixing bowl.
Sift the lumps from the sugar.
The police sifted the evidence in hopes of finding a clue.
The police sifted for clues.
The lawyer sifted through the hundreds of pages of testimony.
Firefighters sifted through the debris.
The soldiers sifted through the woods
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Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: sift
he/she/it: sifts
present participle: sifting
past tense: sifted
past participle: sifted
I/you/we/they: sift
he/she/it: sifts
present participle: sifting
past tense: sifted
past participle: sifted
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