- sift
- to hang about doing nothing for extended periods of time.
What did you do today? Nothing, just sifted about the place for a few hours.
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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] vt. [ME siften < OE siftan < sife, SIEVE] 1. to pass through a sieve so as to separate the coarse from the fine particles, or to break up lumps, as of flour 2. to scatter (a pulverized substance) by or as by the use of a sieve 3. to… … English World dictionary
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
