What is the meaning of Sift?

To sieve or strain (something).

To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.

To examine (something) carefully.

  1. To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
  2. [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.

[with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records.

An act of sifting.

Source: wiktionary.org