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..
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
Sift :: Sift (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifter :: Sifter (n.) One who, or that which, sifts..
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..