sift — [ sıft ] verb transitive 1. ) to pour a dry substance through a sieve to remove the large pieces 2. ) sift or sift through to examine information, documents, etc. in order to find what you are looking for: Sift every grain of information until… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sift — Sift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sifting}.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See {Sieve}.] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sift — [sıft] v [T] [: 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sift — /sift/, v.t. 1. to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve. 2. to scatter or sprinkle through or by means of a sieve: to sift sugar onto cake. 3. to separate by or as if by a sieve. 4. to examine closely: The… … Universalium
sift — sift; sift·age; sift·er; … English syllables
SIFT — is an acronym which has a number of meanings: * Scale invariant feature transform * Secure Internet File Transfer * Selected Ion Flow Tube: see SIFT MS Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry * Simple Internet Filtration Tool * Software… … Wikipedia
sift — O.E. siftan pass something through a sieve, related to sife (see SIEVE (Cf. sieve)). Cf. Du. ziften, M.L.G. sichten, Ger. sichten to sift. Metaphoric sense of look carefully through first recorded 1530s … Etymology dictionary
sift — ► VERB 1) put (a dry substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles. 2) examine thoroughly to isolate what is important or useful. 3) (sift down) (of snow, ash, etc.) descend lightly or sparsely. ► NOUN ▪ an act of sifting.… … English terms dictionary
SIFT — bedeutet: einen Algorithmus zur Bilderkennung: Scale invariant feature transform einen Algorithmus in Datenbanken: SumIndex Field Technology Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort … Deutsch Wikipedia
sift — index analyze, censor, cull, discriminate (distinguish), screen (select), scrutinize, select … Law dictionary
