'SIFT' definitions:

Definition of 'sift'

From: WordNet
verb
Move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
verb
Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain]
verb
Check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: sieve, sift]
verb
Distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" [syn: sieve, sift]

Definition of 'Sift'

From: GCIDE
  • Sift \Sift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See Sieve.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To separate or part as if with a sieve. [1913 Webster]
  • When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glittering billows give a golden show. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize. [1913 Webster]
  • Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sift'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'SIFT'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (HIFT)

Words containing 'SIFT'