verb
- past tense and past participle of sift; passed through a sieve to separate fine particles from coarse ones
- past tense and past participle of sift; examined carefully and thoroughly to find something specific
Examples
- She sifted the flour to remove any lumps before baking.
- The archaeologists sifted through the dirt looking for artifacts.
- He sifted the evidence carefully to find the truth.
- The baker sifted powdered sugar over the cake.
- Police sifted through hundreds of tips from the public.
- The sand was sifted to separate the shells from the grains.