Helping to share the web since 1996


Use the search bar above to find dictionary definitions - click home to search Link Centre for websites.

Dictionary definition for: Sift

1. (v) move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

2. (v) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

3. (v) check and sort carefully; "sift the information"

4. (v) distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"

WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.