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sifting through

sifting through is the present participle and gerund of sift through.

Meaning of sift through

Verb

sift through (third-person singular simple present sifts through, present participle sifting through, simple past and past participle sifted through)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.

Questions about sifting through

What is sifting through the present participle and gerund of?
Sifting through is the present participle and gerund of sift through.

Words near sifting through in the dictionary

  1. sifter
  2. sifters
  3. sifteth
  4. sifting
  5. sifting out
  6. sifting through
  7. siftingly
  8. siftings
  9. Sifton
  10. siftproof
  11. sifts

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