sift

IPA: sˈɪft

To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully.
[+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
[+ through (object)] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
(computing, dated) To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

Examples of "sift" in Sentences

The Maidstone 'sift' hasn't actually taken place yet.
And we have to, you know, kind of sift through the information.
Some cute things that you used to have to actually go in person to kind of sift through and figure out.
We talked about how it let me "sift" through tons of news and noise and pick things out for my friends to read.
Does not recall that it was Alger's duty to "sift" cables and digest them and make oral report on contents to Sayre [as Hiss claimed].
In a later interview, Sayre repeated that he did "not recall that it was Alger's duty to 'sift' cables and digest them and make oral reports on contents."
As the syllables of Apatow's name sift through her mellifluous vocal chords, my pinball brain starts to tilt: You, Catherine Deneuve, are a Judd Apatow fan?
· The need to 'sift' the materials coming from China to screen out the bad while encouraging the high end manufacturers that produce superior quality ingredients.
On Monday, as you no doubt already know, Tina Brown and Barry Diller launched The Daily Beast, a Web site that promises to "sift" and "curate" the unruly Internet.
HANSEN: And people knowing about your accident will tend to kind of sift through your next project to find out ` Where do we find these nuggets of his own experience in here? '