sift

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sieve]] or [[strain]] (something).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[separate]] or [[scatter]] (things) as if by sieving.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[examine]] (something) [[carefully]].
4. {{lb|en|computing|dated|transitive}} To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records. <!--from 1960s or earlier-->

Noun

1. An act of sifting.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|computer graphics}} {{init of|en|w:scale-invariant feature transform}}.
2. {{lb|en|US|military}} {{init of|en||Selection Instrument Flight Training}}.

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