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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sift  \Sift\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sifted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sifting}.]  [AS.  siftan  from  sife  sieve.  [root]151a.  See 
  {Sieve}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  separate  or  part  as  if  with  a  sieve. 
 
  When  yellow  sands  are  sifted  from  below,  The 
  glittering  billows  give  a  golden  show  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  examine  critically  or  minutely;  to  scrutinize. 
 
  Sifting  the  very  utmost  sentence  and  syllable. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  Opportunity  I  here  have  had  To  try  thee,  sift  thee. 
  --Milton. 
 
  Let  him  but  narrowly  sift  his  ideas.  --I.  Taylor. 
 
  {To  sift  out},  to  search  out  with  care  as  if  by  sifting. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sifting 
  n  :  the  act  of  winnowing  [syn:  {winnow},  {winnowing}] 




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