Verb:

छान-बीन करना, कपड़छान करना, छानना, झारना,

sifted's Usage Examples:

He ascended two floors to the hallway where Kris's supplies had been stocked.  He recalled how hard it could be taking care of a helpless creature like Katie or Toby.  He strode to the chamber that had served as a department store full of clothing to Kris's Immortals.  Not surprised to find the chamber ransacked, he sifted through the remaining clothing on the floor.  He guessed Toby's size and stuffed a bag with a few items before going to the food supplies.

Sofia sifted through them.

Soda light, first sifted by passage through a plate of potassium bichromate, traverses in succession a lens, a Nicol's prism, and a glass plate half covered with a half-wave plate of quartz, that is cut parallel to the optic axis and has its principal section inclined at a small angle to that of the prism.

These Arka-tagh mountains are built up, at all events superficially, of sand and powdery, finely sifted disintegrated material.

He sifted through memories to find who might be connected to his youngest sister.

Her gaze sifted to Carmen.

She sifted through the pictures, aware of the intent attention the others paid her.

This was because all who began to grow depressed or who lost strength were sifted out of the army day by day.

The dried nutmegs are then rubbed over with dry sifted lime.

Xander sifted through Ashley's colorful beads, uninterested.

Synonyms:

strain, riddle, screen, fan, winnow, rice, sieve, resift, separate,

Antonyms:

joint, dependent, same, common, unite,