| sift | to put dry ingredients through a sifter or sieve | en |
| sift | To pass dry ingredients, usually flour, through a fine-meshed strainer or sifter to remove large pieces and lighten the texture | en |
| sift | To pass dry ingredients through a mesh sifter Sifting breaks coarser particles down or keeps them out of the food It also incorporates air, which makes ingredients lighter | en |
| sift | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods | en |
| sift | To pass a dry ingredient, such as flour, through a sieve to ensure it is lump free | en |
| sift | To put dry ingredients through a sieve or other straining device in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles, add air or mix ingredients together | en |
| sift | Stanford Information Filtering Tool (1) | en |
| sift | to sieve or strain (something) | en |
| sift | to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving | en |
| sift | to examine (something) carefully | en |
| sift | Service Increment for Teaching | en |
| sift | To lighten or remove lumps from dry ingredients, such as flour or powdered sugar, by passing them through a fine strainer or sifter | en |
| sift | To put (flour, for example) through a sieve or other straining device in order to separate the fine from the coarse particles | en |
| sift | To separate or part as if with a sieve | en |
| sift | distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" | en |
| sift | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" | en |
| sift | move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods | en |
| sift | To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize | en |
| sift | 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 | en |
| sift | check and sort carefully; "sift the information" | en |
| sift | break up the larger parts by passing through a sieve; sprinkle, scatter, disperse; examine with great care, investigate; be filtered, be sieved fiil | en |
| sift | move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" | en |
| sift | If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly. Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack Brook has sifted the evidence and summarises it clearly | en |
| 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. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl. = sieve | en |
| sifted | past of sift | en |
| sifted | put through a sieve, filtered sıfat | en |
| sifted | Having been sifted | en |
| sifting | present participle of sift | en |
| sifting | act of breaking up the larger parts by passing through a sieve, filtration; act of scattering, dispersal; careful examination, investigation isim | en |
| sifting | the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" | en |