sift

4 letters in word "sift": F I S T.

Anagrams of sift:

• fist

• fits

Words found within sift:

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• Definitions:
• move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods" separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" sieve: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" sieve: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
• To pass dry ingredients through a mesh sifter. Sifting breaks coarser particles down or keeps them out of the food. It also incorporates air, which makes ingredients lighter.
• Putting dry ingredients such as flour or sugar through a sifter or mesh screen to loosen particles and incorporate air.
• a fine-toothed heron-like pterosaur (North America).
• the glutinous rice flour into a bowl.
• To eliminate features that are smaller than a minimum feature size.
• to pass dry ingredients, such as flour and baking powder, through a sieve or sifter to remove lumps and blend and aerate the ingredients.
• To shake a powdered food - such as sugar or flour - through a fine sieve to reduce clumps and create a uniform powder.
• pass through a screen to remove lumps
• To shake dry ingredients (usually flour) through a sieve to aerate and remove lumps.
• To break up lumps and separate coarse material from dry ingredients by shaking them through a fine sieve.

• siffling ←
• siffleuses ←
• siffleuse ←
• sift
• → sifted
• → sifter
• → sifters