Definition of sift

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Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

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Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..
Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
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..
Randan :: Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Garbel :: Garbel (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
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..
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..
Short :: Short (n.) The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
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..
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good..
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..
Sassanage :: Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.
Sarse :: Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.
Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.
Size :: Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts..
Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.
Fell :: Fell (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting..
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