English Dictionary

sift

/sɪft/

verb

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.

I need to sift the flour before adding it to the batter.

意味（1）

To sieve or strain (something).

意味（2）

To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

意味（3）

[+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.

As neere as I could ſift him on that argument,

On ſome apparant danger ſeene in him,

As neere as I could ſift him on that argument, On ſome apparant danger ſeene in him, Aym‘d at your Highneſſe, no inueterate malice.

意味（4）

[+ through (object)] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

Sifting through the work of great orators like Philostratus and Quintilian they identify numerous examples of classical irony, metaphor, comparison, etc. which are missing in Paul.

意味（5）

(computing, dated) To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.