Sift

v. t.	1.	To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting.]
	2.	To separate or part as if with a sieve. When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glittering billows give a golden show. - Dryden.
	3.	To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize. Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable. - Hooker. Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee. - Milton. Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. - I. Taylor. To sift out to search out with care, as if by sifting.

Verb	1.	sift - move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
	2.	sift - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" Synonyms: sieve, strain
	3.	sift - check and sort carefully; "sift the information" Synonyms: sieve
	4.	sift - distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" Synonyms: sieve

SIFT - SHARE Internal Fortran Translator. Translation utility designed for converting Fortran II to Fortran IV. The word "sift" was often used as a verb to describe converting code from one language to another. Sammet 1969, p.153.

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