ALL meanings of sift
sift
S s - transitive verb sift sieve: flour, sugar 1
- transitive verb sift sieve, strain: sand, etc. 1
- noun Technical meaning of sift SHARE Internal Fortran Translator. Translation utility designed for converting Fortran II to Fortran IV. The word "sift" was often used as a verb to describe converting code from one language to another. Sammet 1969, p.153. 1
- verb with object sift to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve. 1
- verb with object sift to scatter or sprinkle through or by means of a sieve: to sift sugar onto cake. 1
- verb with object sift to separate by or as if by a sieve. 1
- verb with object sift to examine closely: The detectives are still sifting the evidence. 1
- verb with object sift to question closely. 1
- verb without object sift to sift something. 1
- verb without object sift to pass or fall through or as if through a sieve. 1
- verb sift If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps. 0
- verb sift If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly. 0
- verb sift to sieve (sand, flour, etc) in order to remove the coarser particles 0
- verb sift to scatter (something) over a surface through a sieve 0
- verb sift to separate with or as if with a sieve; distinguish between 0
- verb sift to examine minutely 0
- verb sift to move as if through a sieve 0
- verb transitive sift to pass through a sieve so as to separate the coarse from the fine particles, or to break up lumps, as of flour 0
- verb transitive sift to scatter (a pulverized substance) by or as by the use of a sieve 0
- verb transitive sift to inspect or examine with care, as by testing or questioning; weigh (evidence, etc.) 0
- verb transitive sift to separate; screen; distinguish 0
- intransitive verb sift to sift something 0
- intransitive verb sift to pass through or as through a sieve 0