Defenition of the word winnow

• Defenition of the word winnow

  • To separate the chaff from by using air currents.
  • remove by a current of air, as of chaff
  • treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated, as of grain
  • separate wheat from chaff; "She stood there winnowing all day in the field"
  • blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"
  • separate from chaff; of grain
  • the act of winnowing
  • the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
  • remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff"
  • treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated; "winnow grain"
  • separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"
  • the act of separating grain from chaff
  • blow away or off with a current of air
  • select desirable parts from a group or list
  • separate the chaff from by using air currents
  • blow on

Synonyms for the word winnow

• • fan
  • sifting
  • winnowing

Hypernyms for the word winnow

• • choose
  • fan
  • pick out
  • process
  • remove
  • select
  • separate
  • separation
  • sieve
  • sift
  • strain
  • take
  • take away
  • treat
  • withdraw

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