sifting

What does sifting mean?

sifting means "the act of separating grain from chaff".

How many syllables are in sifting?

sifting has 2 syllables: sif-ting. The stress falls on "sif". In IPA it is /ˈsɪftɪŋ/.

What is another word for sifting?

Close synonyms include winnow, winnowing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sifting a common word?

sifting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sifting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.