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1. (v.t.) winnow
to free (grain) of chaff by fanning with wind or a forced current of air.
2. winnow
to drive or blow (chaff, dirt, etc.) away by fanning.
3. winnow
to blow upon; fan.
4. winnow
to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift:
to winnow a mass of statements.
5. winnow
to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts) (sometimes fol. by out):
to winnow fact from fiction.
6. (v.i.) winnow
to free grain from chaff by wind or driven air.
7. (n.) winnow
a device used for winnowing.
8. winnow
an act of winnowing.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME win(d)wen (v.), OE windwian, der. of windwind1)
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| Definition of 'winnow' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) winnow, winnowing, sifting
the act of separating grain from chaff
"the winnowing was done by women"
2. (verb) winnow, fan
separate the chaff from by using air currents
"She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
3. (verb) winnow
blow on
"The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
4. (verb) cull out, winnow
select desirable parts from a group or list
"cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
5. (verb) winnow
blow away or off with a current of air
"winnow chaff"
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| Definition of 'winnow' |
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1. (verb) winnow
to separate chaff from grain
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Sense: to separate the chaff from (the grain) by wind.
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 Afrikaans: wan |
 Arabic: يُذَرّي، يُغَرْبِل |
 Bulgarian: пресявам |
 Brazilian: poeirar / soprar |
 Czech: provívat |
 German: worfeln |
 Danish: skille avner fra korn ved |
 Greek: λιχνίζω |
 Spanish: aventar |
 Estonian: tuulama |
 Farsi: غربال کردن |
 Finnish: tuultaa |
 French: vanner |
 Hebrew: לְנַפּוֹת |
 Hindi: फटकना |
 Croatian: rešetati, lučiti |
 Hungarian: rostál |
 Indonesian: menampi |
 Icelandic: hreinsa hismiúr korni með |
 Italian: spulare |
 Japanese: 吹き分ける |
 Korean: (곡물 등을) 까불러(키질하여) 가려내다 |
 Lithuanian: vėtyti |
 Latvian: vētīt |
 Malay: mengangin; menampi |
 Dutch: wannen |
 Norwegian: rense korn ved blåsing |
 Polish: przewiać (zboże) |
 Portuguese: poeirar |
 Romanian: a vântura |
 Russian: отвеивать |
 Slovak: (pre)osiať, previať |
 Slovenian: vejati |
 Serbian: vrći žito |
 Swedish: vanna, skilja, sålla |
 Thai: พัดหรือเป่าเอาแกลบข้าวออก |
 Turkish: harman/tahıl savurmak |
 Taiwanese: 簸除穀殼 |
 Ukrainian: віяти; відсівати |
 Urdu: ہوا کے ذریعے بھوسا اڑا کر |
 Vietnamese: sàng |
 Chinese: 扬（谷物） |
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