Synonyms for sift
sɪftsift

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1. sift

   Synonyms:
   screen, analyze, scrutinize, robe, examine critically, investigate, winnow, sort

   Antonyms:
   confound, fuse, confuse, amalgamate, conglomerate, compound

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1. siftverb

   move as if through a sieve

   "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

   Synonyms:
   sieve, strain

2. sift, sieve, strainverb

   separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

   "sift the flour"

   Synonyms:
   screen, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, screen out, try, filter, extend, strive, sieve, filtrate, sort, distort, deform

3. sieve, siftverb

   check and sort carefully

   "sift the information"

   Synonyms:
   sieve, screen, sort, strain, screen out

4. sieve, siftverb

   distinguish and separate out

   "sift through the job candidates"

   Synonyms:
   sieve, screen, sort, strain, screen out

Matched Categories

1. • Examine
   • Move
   • Select
   • Separate

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1. rentverb

   being a common word in the form of noun, rent is unknown to many as verb.

   there is a slim rent in the boulder that makes it distinguished.

   Submitted by MAMIDALA on June 8, 2022  

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1. siftverb

   Synonyms:
   bolt

2. siftverb

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into

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1. siftverb

   Synonyms:
   bolt, cribble, riddle, investigate

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1. SIFT

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How to use sift in a sentence?

1. Victor Vercammen:

   We are also doing our best to educate the public... to help them sift through what might be on social media, what might be factual, what might be opinion, around topics like Covid vaccine safety.

2. Rickey Smith:

   The science is how do I fuse them together? How do I take multiple optical, infrared, and electromagnetic sensors and use them all at once in real-time, if you are out in the desert in an operational setting, infrared alone may be constrained heat so you need all types of sensors together and machines can help us sift through information.

3. Corey Basch:

   This is a sad situation when it takes so much energy to sift through false claims and to determine which products are actually healthful ... advertising claims, especially when they are unsubstantiated, can certainly lead parents astray.

4. Richard A. Stone:

   Sift through my insanity and revel in my greatness

5. Arabic Proverb:

   A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.