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Sieving
- verb - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
Sifilet
- - The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
Sifters
- noun - a household sieve (as for flour)
Sifting
- verb - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
Sighing
- verb - heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"
- utter with a sigh
Sighted
- verb - able to see
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Sighter
- unknown - 1
: one who tests the accuracy of sights on small arms —called also aligner, targeteer
2
: a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm or bow are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
- A practice shot before the actual attempt esp in archery
Sightly
- adjective - very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
Sigmoid
- adjective - curved in two directions (like the letter S)
- of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
Sigmund
- unknown - In Norse mythology, Sigmund (Old Norse: Sigmundr [ˈsiɣˌmundz̠]) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod.