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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Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat..
Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good..
Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.
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.
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
Cribration :: Cribration (n.) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Sassanage :: Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.
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..
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..
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..
Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who sifts flour or meal.
Searcer :: Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts.
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.
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure..
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..
Range :: Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
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