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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky