Definition of sift

"sift" in the verb sense

1. sift

move as if through a sieve

"The soldiers sifted through the woods"

2. sift, sieve, strain

separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

"sift the flour"

3. sieve, sift

check and sort carefully

"sift the information"

4. sieve, sift

distinguish and separate out

"sift through the job candidates"

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Quotations for sift

You sift night and day and get nothing but bran. [ Proverb ]

First on thy friend deliberate with thyself;
Pause, ponder, sift; not eager in the choice;
Nor jealous of the chosen; fixing, fix;
Judge before friendship, then confide till death. [ Young ]

As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind blow it thither; and when a whirlwind hath blown the dust of the churchyard into the church, and the man sweeps out the dust of the church into the churchyard, who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce, This is the patrician, this is the noble flower, and this the yeoman, this the plebeian bran? [ Rev. Dr. Donne ]

sift in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of sift

2 letter words in sift (3 words)

3 letter words in sift (4 words)

4 letter words in sift (Anagrams) (3 words)

Words containing the sequence sift

Words that start with sift (7 words)

Words that end with sift (3 words)

Word Growth involving sift

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Longer words containing sift

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