Dictionary Entry
sift
sift is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To separate or part as if with a sieve.
- 3transitive verb
To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
- 4verb
distinguish and separate out
"sift through the job candidates"
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- 5verb
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
"sift the flour"
- 6verb
check and sort carefully
"sift the information"
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- 7verb
move as if through a sieve
"The soldiers sifted through the woods"
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