siftings

American  

[sif-tingz] / ˈsɪf tɪŋz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. something sifted.

   siftings of flour.

2. something that is separated by sifting.

   to discard the siftings.

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siftings British  

/ ˈsɪftɪŋz /

plural noun

1. material or particles separated out by or as if by a sieve

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Etymology

Origin of siftings

First recorded in 1590–1600; sift + -ing ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

Her monologues were not stunts but acute siftings of men and women as social beings.

From Time Magazine Archive

And then there are those that are amiable siftings through memory's scrapbook, in which the author recounts tales about people and places as if he were holding court over a few beers.

From Time Magazine Archive

What remains for the Quennell corps are mostly second siftings, attractively presented, which reinforce the charm of the whole Proust legend.

From Time Magazine Archive

We may also conceive, that the continual siftings which the nucleus undergoes at each successive perihelion passage, have left but little of those lighter elements in comets whose mean distances are so small.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas

The songs are indeed the siftings of centuries; the music is far more ancient than the words, and in it we can trace here and there signs of development.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)