sift (grain)

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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 — UK [sɪft] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sift : present tense I/you/we/they sift he/she/it sifts present participle sifting past tense sifted past participle sifted 1) to pour a dry substance through a sieve to remove the large pieces 2) a)… …   English dictionary

• ree — ree1 /ree/, n. reeve3. ree2 /ree, ray/, v.t., reed, reeing. Brit. Dial. to sift (grain, peas, beans, etc.). [1350 1400; ME < ?] * * * …   Universalium

• pour — c.1300, perhaps from O.Fr. (Flanders dialect) purer to sift (grain), pour out (water), from L. purare to purify, from purus pure (see PURE (Cf. pure)). Replaced O.E. geotan …   Etymology dictionary

• thresh — O.E. þrescan, þerscan to beat, sift grain by trampling or beating, from P.Gmc. *threskanan to thresh, originally to tread, to stamp noisily (Cf. M.Du. derschen, Du. dorschen, O.H.G. dreskan, Ger. dreschen, O.N. þreskja, Goth. þriskan), from PIE… …   Etymology dictionary

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium

• winnow — v.tr. 1 blow (grain) free of chaff etc. by an air current. 2 (foll. by out, away, from, etc.) get rid of (chaff etc.) from grain. 3 a sift, separate; clear of refuse or inferior specimens. b sift or examine (evidence for falsehood etc.). c clear …   Useful english dictionary

• gymnosperm — gymnospermism, n. /jim neuh sperrm /, n. Bot. a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm. [1820 30; < NL gymnospermae name of type. See GYMNO , SPERM] * * * Any woody plant that reproduces… …   Universalium

• winnow — /ˈwɪnoʊ / (say winoh) verb (t) 1. to free (grain, etc.) from chaff, refuse particles, etc., by means of wind or driven air; fan. 2. to blow upon, as the wind does upon grain in this process. 3. to drive or blow (chaff, etc.) away by fanning. 4.… …  

• win|now — «WIHN oh», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to blow off the chaff from (grain); drive or blow away (chaff): »Farmers winnow rice to separate the rice hulls from the kernels (Nelson E. Jodon). 2. Figurative. to sort out; separate; sift: »to winnow the facts… …   Useful english dictionary

• winnow — 1. verb /ˈwɪn.no/ a) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. They winnowed the field to twelve. b) To separate, sift, analyze, or test i …   Wiktionary