sift.
To sieve or strain (something).
Meaning & usage
To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully. To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
To examine (something) carefully. [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.
An act of sifting.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.
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