Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)siftmove as if through a sieve“The soldiers sifted through the woods” (v)sift, sieve, strainseparate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements“sift the flour” (v)sieve, siftcheck and sort carefully“sift the information” (v)sieve, siftdistinguish and separate out“sift through the job candidates”