Associations to the word «Sifting»

Wiktionary

SIFTING, verb. Present participle of sift
SIFTING, noun. The act by which something is sifted.

Dictionary definition

SIFTING, noun. The act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope