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Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : sɪft


Definition of sift

Origin :
  • Old English siftan "pass (something) through a sieve," from Proto-Germanic *sib- (cf. Dutch ziften, Middle Low German sichten, German sichten "to sift;" see sieve (n.)). Intransitive sense "to pass loosely or fall scatteredly" is from 1590s. Metaphoric sense of "look carefully through" first recorded 1530s. Related: Sifted; sifting.
  • verb take out residue; remove impurities
Example sentences :
  • Sift the baking powder and spices with the flour and add these.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Pour in the milk and sift the dry ingredients into this mixture.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Mix and sift the dry ingredients and stir these into the mixture.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Having resolved to sift and examine the entire heap, I at once set about my task.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Sift two pounds of flour into a pan, and add a salt-spoon of salt.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Sift half a pound of flour, and powder a pound of loaf-sugar.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Beat and sift a pound and a quarter of double-refined sugar; grate the rind of two large lemons, and mix it well with the sugar.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • When you sift out the whole situation that is about all left to any of us here in the desert.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • He went on trying to sift his distastes and revulsions from what he wanted to do for Esther.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • It is almost impossible to sift the truth from these reports.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

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