Definitions:

1. check and sort carefully verb
   • sift the information
2. distinguish and separate out verb
   • sift through the job candidates
3. move as if through a sieve verb
   • The soldiers sifted through the woods
4. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements verb
   • sift the flour

Synonyms:

• sieve
• strain

NearBy Words:

• sifter
• sifting