Found 3 items, similar to Sift.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sift mengayak, menyaring
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sift sift v 1: move as if through a sieve; “The soldiers sifted through the woods” 2: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; “sift the flour” [syn: sieve, strain] 3: check and sort carefully; “sift the information” [syn: sieve] 4: distinguish and separate out; “sift through the job candidates” [syn: sieve]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sift 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]