sifting
sif ting
- n the act of separating grain from chaff
- v move as if through a sieve
- v separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
- v check and sort carefully
- v distinguish and separate out
- Michael Palladino, head of the union of NYPD detectives, said the ex-mayor's record doesn't compare to those who spent 12 months sifting through toxic debris for evidence and human .
- Foreign specialists, carefully sifting reports from refugees and other sources, estimate that at least 20 million Chinese have been deprived of existence, done away with, or .
- For an exercise that's all about family, researching your genealogy can be an oddly lonesome affair, filled with long hours spent sifting through records and making awkward phone .