sift

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To sieve or strain (something).

2. 2

   To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

3. 3

   To examine (something) carefully.

   • As neere as I could ſift him on that argument, On ſome apparant danger ſeene in him, Aym‘d at your Highneſſe, no inueterate malice.
   • But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.
   • It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.
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   1. 4

      To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

   2. 5

      An act of sifting.

   3. 6

      Initialism of scale-invariant feature transform.

   4. 7

      Initialism of Selection Instrument Flight Training.

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