sifts in English

verb

1

put (a fine, loose, or powdery substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.

sift the flour into a large bowl

synonyms: sieve, strain, screen, filter, riddle, bolt

2

examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important or useful.

until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively

synonyms: search through, look through, examine, inspect, scrutinize, pore over, investigate, analyze, dissect, review

verb

sieve, strain, screen, filter, riddle, bolt
separate out, filter out, sort out, put to one side, weed out, get rid of, remove
search through, look through, examine, inspect, scrutinize, pore over, investigate, analyze, dissect, review
sieve, strain
sieve

Use "sifts" in a sentence

1. (b) In what sense might it be said that Jehovah sifts our activities?

2. A lone clerk sifts through, consigning some to the incinerator and some to a filed.

3. Only occasional flakes came haphazardly down like white sifts of charred paper when a chimney is on fire.

4. You: "Bro, I'm actually drunk right now" Friend: *sifts through Woodchuck bottles* Friend: "I can't believe you're actually Chucked"

5. 13 As Jehovah sifts through you, he discards such sins, much the way a prospector panning for gold discards worthless gravel.

6. Coveralls works with your CI server and sifts through your coverage data to find issues you didn't even know you had before they become a problem

7. Codified Genomics sifts through these variants, hiding those that are unlikely to cause disease, prioritizing those that are left, and giving the user a wide array of data to help find the cause of disease