sift

/sˈɪft/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. move as if through a sieve
   “The soldiers sifted through the woods”
2. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
   “sift the flour”
3. check and sort carefully
   “sift the information”
4. distinguish and separate out
   “sift through the job candidates”

Synonyms for sift

• sieve
• strain

Words that rhyme with sift

• lift
• shift
• drift
• gift
• swift
• adrift
• rift
• airlift
• facelift
• makeshift
• spendthrift
• thrift
• forklift
• miffed
• shoplift
• shrift
• aerolift
• boatlift
• clift
• credithrift
• riffed
• seadrift
• sealift
• sniffed
• stiffed
• tifft
• tift