sift
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sieve, filter, separate
- examine, analyse, go through, investigate, research, scrutinize, work over

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sift /sɪft/ verb [transitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: siftan]

1. to put flour, sugar etc through a sieve or similar container in order to remove large pieces

2. (also sift through) to examine information, documents etc carefully in order to find something out or decide what is important and what is not:
Police are sifting through the evidence.
sift something ↔ out phrasal verb
to separate something from other things
sift something ↔ out from
It’s hard to sift out the truth from the lies in this case.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sift
verb
I. pass sth through a sieve
ADV. finely Sift the flour finely before adding it to the mixture.
in, together Beat the mixture until smooth, then sift in the remaining sugar.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sift
II. examine sth very carefully
ADV. carefully, methodically
PREP. through They spent days carefully sifting through the evidence.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲