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SIFTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of separating grain from chaff

Example:

the winnowing was done by women

Synonyms:

sifting; winnow; winnowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sifting" is a kind of...):

separation (sorting one thing from others)

Derivation:

sift (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb sift

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