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- Dictionarysifted/ˈsɪftɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of material) having been passed through a sieve: "30g sifted plain flour"
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to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not: The police are sifting the evidence very carefully to try and find the guilty person. After my father's death, I had to sift through all his papers.
1. a. : to put through a sieve. sift flour. b. : to separate or separate out by or as if by putting through a sieve. 2. : to go through especially to sort out what is useful or valuable. sifted the evidence. often used with through. sift through a pile of old letters. 3. : to scatter by or as if by sifting. sift sugar on a cake. intransitive verb.
1. ( tr) to sieve (sand, flour, etc) in order to remove the coarser particles. 2. to scatter (something) over a surface through a sieve. 3. ( tr) to separate with or as if with a sieve; distinguish between. 4. ( tr) to examine minutely: to sift evidence. 5. ( intr) to move as if through a sieve.
to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not: The police are sifting the evidence very carefully to try and find the guilty person. After my father's death, I had to sift through all his papers.
to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not: The police are sifting the evidence very carefully to try and find the guilty person. After my father's death, I had to sift through all his papers.
1. verb. If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sieve, filter, strain, separate More Synonyms of sift. 2. verb.
verb (used with object) to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve. to scatter or sprinkle through or by means of a sieve: to sift sugar onto cake. to separate by or as if by a sieve. to examine closely:
sift meaning, definition, what is sift: to put flour, sugar etc through a sieve ...: Learn more.
[transitive] sift something (out) from something to separate something from a group of things He sifted the relevant data from the rest. She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting. Phrasal Verbs sift out. See sift in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: sift.
SIFT meaning: 1 : to put (flour, sugar, etc.) through a sifter or sieve; 2 : to separate or remove (something) by using a sifter or sieve often + out often used figuratively.
