Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| time | read time | sift time |
| information | read information | sift information |
| script | read script | sift script |
| memories | read memories | sift memories |
Both words in one sentence
- However, when telepaths read minds, they don't have to sift through all of that 'mental' garbage.
Source: Conveniently Coherent Thoughts - An interactive webcomic made by Wolfcat on the Within Hubris forums (formerly the hub of the Ben Drowned community) that can be read here if you can sift through all the additional banter and awful In Jokes.
Source: Webcomic / Weenie Licked
Cite this Source
Sift and Read. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/read/sift
Read & Sift. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/read/sift>.
Sift or Read. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/read/sift.
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