noun
sifting
noun
1
The act of passing something through a sieve, or the careful process of separating useful information from the rest.
"The sifting of the flour took only a minute."
"After weeks of sifting through documents, they found the missing contract."
How to Use Sifting
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe action of sieving something, whether it's flour or a pile of information.
Word Forms
siftings plural
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Etymology
From sift + -ing.