Associations to the word «Sifting»

Wiktionary

SIFTING, verb. Present participle of sift
SIFTING, noun. The act by which something is sifted.

Dictionary definition

SIFTING, noun. The act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca