English-Thai Dictionary

sift

VI กรอง  ร่อน ด้วย ตะแกรง  screen winnow krong

 

sift

VT กรอง  ร่อน  screen winnow krong

 

sift

VT วินิจฉัย  ตรวจ อย่างละเอียด  กลั่นกรอง  คัดเลือก  investigate scrutinize disregard wi-nid-chai

 

sift out

PHRV ร่อน แยก (ออกจาก กลุ่ม  แยกจาก กลุ่ม  separate out sort out ron-yeak

 

sift through

PHRV ค้นหา  มองหา  kon-ha

 

siftings

N สิ่ง ที่ ได้ จาก การร่อน ออกมา  สิ่ง ที่ กรอง ได้  siang-ti-dai-jak-kan-ron-ook-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIFT

v.t. 1. To separate by a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
2. To separate; to part.
3. To examine minutely or critically; to scrutinize. Let the principles of the party be thoroughly sifted. We have sifted your objections.

 

SIFTED

pp. Separated by a sieve; purified from the coarser parts; critically examined.

 

SIFTER

n.One that sifts; that which sifts; a sieve.

 

SIFTING

ppr. Separating the finer from the coarser parts; critically examining.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SIFT

Sift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting. ] Etym: [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. sq. root151a. See Sieve. ]

 

1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

 

2. To separate or part as if with a sieve. When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glittering billows give a golden show. Dryden.

 

3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize. Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable. Hooker. Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee. Milton. Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. I. Taylor. To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting.

 

SIFTER

SIFTER Sift "er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, sifts.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sift

sift |sift sɪft | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 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. • cause to flow or pass as through a sieve: Melanie sifted the warm sand through her fingers. • [ no obj. ] (of snow, ash, etc. ) descend or float down lightly or sparsely as if sprinkled from a sieve: ash began to sift down around them. 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 | [ no obj. ] : the fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it. • (sift something out ) separate something, esp. something to be discarded, from something else: he asked for streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an act of sifting something, esp. so as to isolate that which is most important or useful: a careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris. • an amount of sifted material: the floor was dusted with a fine sift of flour. DERIVATIVES sift er noun ORIGIN Old English siftan; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sift

sift |sɪft | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 put (a fine or loose substance ) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles: sift the flour into a large bowl. • cause to flow or pass as through a sieve: Miranda sifted the warm sand through her fingers. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] (of snow, ash, etc. ) descend lightly or sparsely as if sprinkled from a sieve: ash began to sift down round them. 2 examine (something ) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important: until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively | [ no obj. ] : the fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it. • (sift something out ) separate something, especially something to be discarded, from something else: he asked for streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an act of sifting something, especially so as to isolate that which is most important: a careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris. • an amount of sifted material: the floor was dusted with a fine sift of flour. DERIVATIVES sifted adjective, sifter noun, sifting noun ORIGIN Old English siftan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sift

sift verb 1 sift the flour into a large bowl: sieve, strain, screen, filter, riddle; archaic bolt. 2 we sift out unsuitable applications: separate out, filter out, sort out, put to one side, weed out, get rid of, remove. 3 investigators are sifting through the wreckage: search through, look through, examine, inspect, scrutinize, pore over, investigate, analyze, dissect, review.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sift

sift verb 1 sift the flour into a large bowl: sieve, strain, screen, filter, riddle, purify, refine, winnow; archaic bolt, griddle. 2 we first sift out those applications which are unlikely to succeed: separate out, filter out, sort out, isolate, divide, part, segregate, put to one side, weed out, get rid of, remove. 3 crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage | until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively: search through, look through, rummage through, root about /around in, ferret (about /around ) in, poke around in, go through, turn over, explore, examine, inspect, scrutinize, pore over, investigate, conduct investigations into, enquire into, conduct an enquiry into, delve into, go into, analyse, screen, sieve, probe, dissect, review, assess; Brit. informal rootle around in; Austral. /NZ informal fossick through; rare roust around in.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sift

sift /sɪft /動詞 他動詞 1 〈粉 砂糖など 〉をふるいにかける .2 〈情報 文書など 〉を精査する, 吟味する (through ).3 «…から » …を選り分ける (out ) «from » .4 «…に » …を (ふるいでふって )振りかける «over , onto » .自動詞 1 ふるいにかける .2 〈粉などが 〉ふるいを通って落ちる ; 〈雪 光 砂などが 〉 (ふるいを通るように )舞い込む, 降り込む .3 «…を » (注意深く )調べる «through » .