Definition of sift

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Sift (v. t.) 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..

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Sifted :: Sifted (imp. & p. p.) of Sif.
Cribration :: Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
Sifter :: Sifter (n.) One who, or that which, sifts..
Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
Sassanage :: Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.
Try :: Try (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good..
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..
Flock :: Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose..
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy..
Sarse :: Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.
Sifter :: Sifter (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) 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..
Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.
Randan :: Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
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