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Definition of sifting:
Synonyms:
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ordering (part of speech: verb)
- establishing,
- collating,
- programming,
- rationalizing,
- unifying,
- devising,
- categorizing,
- grading,
- balancing,
- placing,
- plotting,
- scoring,
- arraying,
- adjusting,
- methodizing,
- mediating,
- framing,
- supporting,
- subordinating,
- maintaining,
- scheduling,
- orchestrating,
- normalizing,
- casting,
- structuring,
- organizing,
- marshalling,
- sorting,
- planning,
- arranging,
- composing,
- systematizing,
- regulating,
- preparing,
- screening,
- settling,
- setting,
- separating,
- pigeonholing,
- righting,
- classing,
- ranking,
- schematizing,
- grouping,
- designing,
- stratifying,
- fixing,
- integrating,
- charting,
- classifying,
- shaping,
- forming,
- scheming,
- ordering,
- unsnarling,
- typing,
- controlling,
- harmonizing,
- stabilizing,
- rating
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analyzing (part of speech: verb)
- assaying,
- dissecting,
- anatomizing,
- analyzing,
- examining,
- winnowing,
- studying
- searching (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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Twilight was sifting into the valleys by the time they had unloaded the stuff and stabled the horse in a lean- to.
- "When Egypt Went Broke", Holman Day. -
The greater the number of times the flour is subjected to the rolling and sifting process, the more thoroughly are the parts of the grain separated and the more finely are they crushed.
- "School and Home Cooking", Carlotta C. Greer. -
Dust everywhere, the dust that falls silently at night from the ancient wooden ceilings and painted beams of Roman palaces, the dust of centuries accumulated above and sifting for ever to the floors below.
- "The Heart of Rome", Francis Marion Crawford.