sift

Plural: sifts

Verb

Verb Forms: sifted, sifting, sifts

• To separate, as with a sieve; to examine thoroughly.
• 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
  • "sift the flour"
• check and sort carefully
  • "sift the information"
• distinguish and separate out
  • "sift through the job candidates"
• To sieve or strain (something).
• To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
• To examine (something) carefully.
• To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
• To examine (something) carefully.
• [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
• To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

Noun

• An act of sifting.

Examples

• Before playing, you should SIFT through your tiles for any potential bingos.

Synonyms

sieve, strain

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