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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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Try :: Try (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good..

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..

Sifter :: Sifter (n.) One who, or that which, sifts..

Discusser :: Discusser (n.) One who discusses; one who sifts or examines.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out..

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good..

Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.

Fell :: Fell (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting..

Sifted :: Sifted (imp. & p. p.) of Sif.

Range :: Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.

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..

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure..

Sifting :: Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sif.

Garbel :: Garbel (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken..

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.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..

Sarse :: Sarse (v. t.) To sift through a sarse.

Searce :: Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A sifting, as of flour or meal..

Range :: Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.