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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1. Charles Watson:

   Nancy, certainly more questions than answers. We heard in the week that the FBI had discovered Brian Laundrie's remains at the Environmental Creek Park. Not far from the Laundrie's North Port home here. An autopsy was completed on that body -- results came back inconclusive. Remains are being sent to a forensic anthropologist who will sift through the remains and figure out any clues to try to determine cause of death, here at Laundrie's home in North Port, it has been quiet today. This morning we got a first look at the Laundrie parents leaving the home together, they were in a hurry, jumped into a red pickup truck and left. They sped off.

2. Richard A. Stone:

   Sift through my insanity and revel in my greatness

3. 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.

4. Bryson DeChambeau:

   Its just a great test of golf to start out the first round of Masters, and to be honest, its great to sift through some of the really good players and maybe not so great players in this event right now. And look, its not to say they are bad players. Its just its very difficult out there and every aspect of your game has to be on point. So its kind of nice, you can almost break away from the pack if you play well.

5. Corey Basch:

   We are seeing an influx of advertising aimed at parents for a wide array of products, including food and beverages, toothpaste and vitamins, 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.