SIFT

Sift ( v. t. ) - To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Sift ( v. t. ) - To separate or part as if with a sieve.

Sift ( v. t. ) - 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.