Sift

Verb

 * 1) To sieve or strain (something).
 * 2) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
 * 3) To examine (something) carefully.
 * 4) * 1748. David Hume.  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 28.
 * But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.

Derived terms

 * sifter

Adverbs for Sift
mechanically; academically; curiously; patiently; industriously; painstakingly; suspiciously; legally; automatically.

Thesaurus
air, analyze, appraise, assess, assort, bolt, canvass, catalog, categorize, choose, choose out, clarify, class, classify, clear, collate, comb, comment upon, consider, contradistinguish, controvert, cordon, cordon off, cull, cull out, deal with, debate, decide between, decrassify, deliberate, deliberate upon, delve into, demarcate, demark, depurate, differentiate, dig into, discourse about, discriminate, discuss, distill, distinguish, divide, draw the line, edulcorate, elute, essentialize, evaluate, examine, excerpt, exchange views, explore, extract, factor, fathom, filter, filtrate, gauge, ghettoize, gin, glean, go into, gradate, grade, group, handle, handpick, identify, indagate, inquire into, insulate, investigate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, knock around, lay aside, leach, lixiviate, look into, make a selection, mark the interface, pass under review, peer into, percolate, pick, pick out, plumb, poke into, probe, prospect, pry into, purify, put aside, quarantine, rank, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, rectify, refine, review, riddle, screen, screen out, scrutinize, search into, seclude, segregate, select, separate, set a limit, set apart, set aside, set off, sever, severalize, sieve, sieve out, sift out, single out, size, sort, sort out, sound, spiritualize, split hairs, strain, study, subdivide, sublimate, sublime, subordinate, subtilize, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, thrash, thrash out, thresh, thresh out, treat, try, ventilate, weed out, weigh, winnow

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: setacciare
 * Latin:
 * Polish: przesiać, przesiewać


 * Portuguese: discernir, cindir
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: గాలించు (gaalinchu)
 * West Frisian: sift


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Italian: discernere
 * Polish: przesiać, przesiewać,  odsiać,  odsiewać
 * Telugu: గాలించు (gaalinchu)
 * West Frisian: siften


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: setacciare, esaminare minuziosamente
 * Portuguese:, discernir
 * Romanian:


 * Spanish: examinar minuciosamente
 * Telugu: గాలించు (gaalinchu)
 * West Frisian: souje

Anagrams

 * fist, FIST
 * fits