Crossword-Solution: SIFTING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sifting | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Sift |
We have 5 clues for the answer “SIFTING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Carefully checking | 1 answer |
| Examining minutely. | 1 answer |
| Refining, as flour | 1 answer |
| Working with flour | 1 answer |
| removing lumps from flour | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEEMZA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with SIFTING (5)
The bits and pieces, the endless sifting of evidence, searching for clues and then building a case from shreds.
Any remains of the acid on the plate may be entirely removed By sifting on it a little Drying powder, and then wiping it carefully off with a fine camels hair brush, or duster.
But at last he shuffled them roughly together, and pushed them into a corner of the valise; they were business papers, and he was in no humor for sifting them.
The grave, gaunt pines imprison her sad gaze, All still the sky and darkling drearily; She feels the chilly breath of dear, dead days Come sifting through the alders eerily.
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
Quotes with SIFTING (3)
Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence.
The motor car with its blinds drawn and an air of inscrutable reserve proceeded towards Piccadilly, still gazed at, still ruffling the faces on both sides of the street with the same dark breath of veneration whether for Queen, Prince, or Prime Minister nobody knew. The face itself had been seen only once by three people for a few seconds. Even the sex was now in dispute. But there could be no doubt that greatness was seated within; greatness was passing, hidden, down Bond St…
Winkler's breath plumed up onto his glasses. The entire valley was enveloped in a huge, illuminated stillness. Above him the clouds had pulled away and the sky burned with stars. The meadow smoldered with light, and the spruce had become illuminated kingdoms, snow sifting from branch to branch. He thought: This has been here every winter all my life.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, WP, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1959–2023).