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sifting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | winnow, winnowing |
| Type of | separation |
| Derivation | sift |
Examples of sifting
sifting
On Wednesday night, a Nationals official was sifting through franchise archives.
From the washingtonpost.com
It lets drivers access more than 700 options by sifting through on-screen menus.
From the businessweek.com
When sifting through the meat group, you won't find a leaner choice than turkey.
From the freep.com
Sifting through rack after rack of used clothing may not sound like a good time.
From the sltrib.com
The next morning Romer was there, sleeves rolled up, sifting through the rubble.
From the denverpost.com
Forensics officers sifting through the remains of a house at Dunalley yesterday.
From the themercury.com.au
The job of sifting through the options takes quite a lot of meaningful analysis.
From the iftomm2003.com
But after sifting through hundreds of measurements, the planet's signal emerged.
From the latimes.com
This is a situation that cannot be undone by fine tuned data mining and sifting.
From the forbes.com
- Move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- Sieve: check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- Sieve: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- (sifting) winnow: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
- A sieve, or sifter, separates wanted elements from unwanted material using a filter such as a mesh or net. However, in cooking, especially with flour, a sifter is used to aerate the substance, among other things. A strainer is a type of sieve typically used to separate a solid from a liquid. ...
- To sieve or strain (something); To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving; To examine (something) carefully
- Having been sifted
- (Sifted) (Process) Materials that have been passed through wire sieves to separate particles in different sizes. The separation of finer materials than would be done by screening (AAFCO, 2000).
