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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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..
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..
Cribration :: Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
Sassanage :: Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.
Falter :: Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley..
Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift..
Size :: Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts..
Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..
Randan :: Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.
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