To sieve or strain (something). / To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving. / [+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.

present participle of sift

The act by which something is sifted. / (in the plural) The material which falls through a sieve.

simple past tense and past participle of sift

Having undergone sifting.

plural of sifting / The material which falls through a sieve.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sift

To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

simple past tense and past participle of sift out

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sift through