Word "SIFT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
distinguish and separate out
Synonyms:
sieve
Examples:
sift through the job candidates

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
Synonyms:
sieve, strain
Examples:
sift the flour

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
check and sort carefully
Synonyms:
sieve
Examples:
sift the information

Crossword Clues for SIFT

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Clue Source Date
Aerate, as flour LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2024
Separate from husband, wanting change (4)
Go through the evidence if found in the street (4)
Pass through sieve (4)
Separate, if in the way (4)
Strain flour
Make finer Thomas Joseph 29 Feb 2024
Screen some proposals if tendered (4)
If in a street fight - sort them out
Remove any coarseness if found in the street (4)
Start scraping that thing housing fine filter (4)
Use a sieve USA Today 24 Jan 2024
Prepare flour for cake-making LA Times Mini 19 Jan 2024
Sprinkle from a perforated container
Search with clenched fist Mirror Cryptic 29 Dec 2023
Sieve Mirror Quick 29 Dec 2023
Make finer, as flour Thomas Joseph 06 Nov 2023
Use a sieve Universal 17 Oct 2023
Search (through) Newsday 12 Sep 2023
Strain, as flour Newsday 22 Aug 2023
Make finer Thomas Joseph 12 Aug 2023
Riddle The Telegraph Quick 30 Jul 2023
Strain The Guardian Quick 07 Jun 2023
Winnow Eugene Sheffer 15 May 2023
Strain, as flour Universal 22 Apr 2023
Sort (through) New York Times 13 Apr 2023
Refine, as flour Newsday 11 Apr 2023
Put through a sieve
Filter (through) LA Times Daily 18 Mar 2023
Search (through) Universal 16 Jan 2023
Flour instruction USA Today 30 Oct 2022
Aerate, as flour Universal 27 Aug 2022
Free of lumps LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2022
Sort (through) LA Times Daily 20 Jul 2022
Put through a strainer USA Today 13 Jul 2022
Process, as flour Newsday 12 Jul 2022
Remove lumps in flour Family Time 19 Jun 2022
De-lump, like flour Universal 17 Jun 2022
De-lump, like flour Universal 08 May 2022
Make finer Thomas Joseph 29 Apr 2022
Wife abandons quick examination
Wife abandons quick examination The Guardian Quiptic 18 Apr 2022
Satirical author's left with riddle
Make finer Thomas Joseph 14 Mar 2022
Sort (through) New York Times 14 Mar 2022
Get the lumps out of flour Family Time 14 Mar 2022
Prepare, like flour Universal 27 Feb 2022
Sort through
Winnow Eugene Sheffer 01 Nov 2021
Filter, sieve The Guardian Speedy 12 Sep 2021
Comb LA Times Daily 03 Sep 2021
Comb The Washington Post 03 Sep 2021
Make finer Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2021
Strain, as with flour The Washington Post Sunday 01 Aug 2021
Sort through one's mounting paper
De-clump, as flour New York Times 05 Jul 2021
Prep flour Wall Street Journal 30 Jun 2021
Sort (through) Newsday 06 May 2021
Use a strainer USA Today 23 Apr 2021
Work with flour Newsday 28 Mar 2021
Use a sieve USA Today 27 Mar 2021
Strain The Times Concise 14 Mar 2021
Search (through) Universal 24 Jan 2021
Search (through) Newsday 01 Jan 2021
Sort (through) New York Times 10 Nov 2020
Person revered pens poem and riddle The Telegraph Toughie 15 Sep 2020
Put through a strainer USA Today 25 Aug 2020
Sort through, as evidence New York Times 11 Aug 2020
Sieve The Telegraph Quick 15 Jul 2020
Go (through) carefully LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2020
Go (through) carefully The Washington Post 03 Jul 2020
Put through a strainer, as flour Newsday 11 May 2020
___ through (search) USA Today 26 Apr 2020
Make airier, as flour Universal 29 Mar 2020
Filter paper is raised aloft
What posers do, including following riddle
Prepare flour Universal 08 Nov 2019
Remove lumps from, say USA Today 30 Oct 2019
Examine fellow found hiding in hold
Make finer, in a way Wall Street Journal 01 Jul 2019
Separate Lives reviewed by newspaper
Winnow New York Times 19 May 2019
Sort through The Telegraph Quick 18 May 2019
Do a flour task Universal 02 May 2019
Sort through, as for clues Family Time 22 Apr 2019
Recipe direction The Washington Post 29 Mar 2019
Recipe direction LA Times Daily 29 Mar 2019
Winnow Eugene Sheffer 25 Mar 2019
Examine thoroughly Wall Street Journal 24 Jan 2019
Make flour finer Family Time 21 Jan 2019
Screen, if getting in the way The Telegraph Toughie 11 Jan 2019
Put through a strainer
Examine thoroughly
Make finer, in a way
Remove lumps from, say
Do a flour task
Recipe direction
Winnow
Refine, as flour Newsday 26 Nov 2018
Look carefully (through) Newsday 25 Nov 2018
Make finer Thomas Joseph 31 Oct 2018
Prepare flour for baking Jonesin 02 Oct 2018
Put through a screen LA Times Daily 22 Aug 2018
Put through a screen The Washington Post 22 Aug 2018
Free of lumps Wall Street Journal 19 Jul 2018
Search for gold, old-style Universal 29 May 2018
Comb through Universal 18 Apr 2018
Filter The Sun Two Speed 16 Mar 2018
Separate if seen in street The Sun Two Speed 16 Mar 2018
Strain New York Times 01 Mar 2018
Put through a sieve USA Today 27 Jan 2018
___ through (pore over) USA Today 10 Jan 2018
Put through a sieve
Comb through
Free of lumps
Strain
Put through a screen
___ through (pore over)
Search for gold, old-style
Cake recipe instruction Wall Street Journal 27 Dec 2017
Sieve some crumbs if too big The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2017
Examine carefully The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2017
Go through thoroughly Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2017
Free of coarseness Wall Street Journal 07 Sep 2017
Sort of condition that's set in stone
Strain, as flour Newsday 08 Aug 2017
Search New York Times 07 Jul 2017
Strain Canadiana 03 Jul 2017
Remove lumps from, as flour USA Today 18 Jun 2017
Search (through) New York Times 02 May 2017
Remove lumps from flour Family Time 12 Mar 2017
De-lump, as flour USA Today 22 Jan 2017
Remove lumps from, as flour
Search (through)
De-lump, as flour
Search
Use a sieve on USA Today 25 Nov 2016
Make fine, as flour Universal 25 Nov 2016
Screen is upside down, has loud music and is square Irish Times Crosaire 15 Oct 2016
Sort carefully The Telegraph Quick 27 Aug 2016
Aerate, as flour The Washington Post 11 Jul 2016
Put through a sieve The Times Concise 10 May 2016
Examine carefully, as evidence The Washington Post 30 Apr 2016
Examine condition in street
Examine condition in street
Search (through), as evidence New York Times 11 Jan 2016
Strain, in a way Newsday 09 Jan 2016
Search (through), as evidence
Go (through) The Washington Post 14 Dec 2015
Process, as flour Newsday 14 Dec 2015
Separate, as flour or ashes Universal 21 Nov 2015
Go (through) New York Times 19 Jul 2015
De-lump, as flour New York Times 01 Jul 2015
Go (through) Jonesin 12 Mar 2015
Go (through) LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2015
Go (through)
Do a floury chore
Emulate a gold prospector, in a way
Go (through)
De-lump, as flour
Go (through)
Process, as flour
Separate, as flour or ashes
Search (through)
Sort (through)
Search carefully (through)
Go through thoroughly
Recipe directive
Filter
Process flour
Cake recipe word
Smooth out lumps, in a way
Smooth out lumps, in a way
Examine closely
Scrutinize
Screen
Comb (through)
Run through small holes
Cookbook direction
Refine, as flour
Baker's verb
Sort (out)
Baking instruction
Pan for gold, say
Make fine, in a way
Separate
Separate out
Free of coarseness, in a way
Baker's verb
Baking instruction
Work with flour
Put through a sieve
Strain, as flour
Use a sieve
Pan for gold, say
Work with flour
Prepare, as flour
Go through thoroughly
Sort carefully
Strain, as flour
Put through a strainer
Sort through, as for clues
Prepare, as flour
Look (through) closely
Scrutinize, with "through"
Sort through, as for clues
Look closely (through)
Examine closely, as evidence
Process, as flour for baking
Put through a strainer
Winnow
Baking instruction
Examine closely
Go through thoroughly
Examine closely
Separate, as flour or ashes
Search (through)
Work with flour
Free of coarseness
Pan for gold
Cake-recipe direction
Sort through
Work with flour
Sort (through)
Prepare flour
Sprinkle, as sugar on a cake
Look through laboriously
Use a sieve
Look through
Work with flour
Process, as flour for baking
Look through
Look for evidence
Use a sieve
Sort through
Screen
Separate with a sieve
Recipe direction
Pan for gold
Analyze, as evidence
Process flour
Refine, as flour
Examine carefully
Check carefully
Look for evidence, in a way
Scatter, as confectioners' sugar
Search through sand
Cookbook direction
Make fine, in a way
Recipe direction
Strain
Recipe word
Use a sieve
Put through a sieve
Look through laboriously
Go through
Winnow
Separate, as flour
Go (through), as evidence
Prepare the flour
Run through a strainer
Winnow
Prepare flour
Winnow
Screen
Winnow
Examine carefully
Use a sieve
Screen
Search, with through
Pan for gold
Separate, as flour
Remove particles from
Go (through)
One way to find gold
Go for the gold, maybe
Winnow
Use a sieve
"...that he may _____ you as wheat" (Luke 22:31)
Examine and sort carefully
Winnow
Analyze, as evidence
Search
Recipe direction
Separate
Go through
Go through carefully
Probe
Screen
Sprinkle, as sugar on a cake
Search through
Refine, as flour
Recipe directive
Make fluffier as flour
Separate, as flour or ashes
Investigate, in a way
Cake-recipe verb
Filter
Examine closely
Prepare flour
Put through a sieve
Sieve
Put through a strainer
Prepare flour for baking
Separate carefully
Use a winnow
Work on evidence
Cooking direction
Examine carefully
Examine critically
Examine minutely
Work on flour
Work with flour
Study, as evidence
Do a flour job
Study, as clues
Screen.
Sieve.
Sort
Winnow.
Study thoroughly.
Select, in a way.
Examine minutely.
Use a 13 Down.
Examine closely.
Separate.
Examine critically.
Pass through a sieve.
Mingle, as baking ingredients.
Strain.
Go through, as data.
Search finely.
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