To apply by scattering with or as if with a sieve: sift sugar on a dessert.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To distinguish as if separating with a sieve: sifted the candidates for the job.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To examine and sort carefully: sift the evidence.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To put (flour, for example) through a sieve or other straining device in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
verb-intransitive
To make a careful examination: sifted through back issues of the magazine.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To make use of a sieve.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To pass through or as if through a sieve: a meal that sifts easily.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
verb
To put through a sieve .
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To separate or separate out by or as if by putting through a sieve.
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To go through especially to sort out what is useful or valuable .
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To scatter by or as if by .
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To use a sieve.
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