Definition: distinguish and separate out
Usage: sift through the job candidates
Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Definition: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
Usage: sift the flour
Similar words: separate
Definition: divide into components or constituents
Usage: Separate the wheat from the chaff
Definition: check and sort carefully
Usage: sift the information
Similar words: study, examine, analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass
Definition: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Usage: analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare; analyze the evidence in a criminal trial; analyze your real motives
Synonyms: sift
Definition: move as if through a sieve
Usage: The soldiers sifted through the woods
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast