winnow

win·now  (wn)

v. win·nowed, win·now·ing, win·nows

v.tr.

1.

a. To separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air.

b. To rid of undesirable parts.

2. To blow (chaff) off or away.

3. To blow away; scatter.

4. To blow on; fan: a breeze winnowing the tall grass.

5. To examine closely in order to separate the good from the bad; sift.

6.

a. To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate: winnowing out the errors in logic.

b. To sort or select (a desirable part); extract.

v.intr.

1. To separate grain from chaff.

2. To separate the good from the bad.

n.

1. A device for winnowing grain.

2. An act of winnowing.

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[Middle English winnewen, alteration of windwen, from Old English windwian, from wind, wind; see wind¹.]

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winnow·er n.

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winnow [ˈwɪnəʊ]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to separate (grain) from (chaff) by means of a wind or current of air

2. (tr) to examine in order to select the desirable elements

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (tr) Archaic to beat (the air) with wings

4. (tr) Rare to blow upon; fan

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  a device for winnowing

b.  the act or process of winnowing

[Old English windwian; related to Old High German wintōn, Gothic diswinthjan, Latin ventilāre. See wind¹]

winnower  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	winnow - the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" sifting, winnowing separation - sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
Verb	1.	winnow - separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" fan sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
	2.	winnow - blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass" fan - agitate the air
	3.	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" cull out choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
	4.	winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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winnow

verb separate, fan, divide, sift a device which winnows wheat, separating the chaff from the seed

winnow something or someone out separate, part, screen, select, divide, sort out, comb, sift, cull Most of the faulty products were winnowed out by these processes.

Translations

winnow [ˈwɪnəʊ] VT → aventar

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winnow

vt

(fig liter) → sichten

(also winnow out) (= remove) → aussortieren; (= identify, find out) → herausfinden

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winnow [ˈwɪnəʊ] vt (grain) → vagliare, mondare

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winnow [ˈwɪnəʊ] vt (grain) → vagliare, mondare

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winnow

v winnow [ˈwinəu]

to separate the chaff from (the grain) by wind. wan يُذَرّي، يُغَرْبِل пресявам provívat skille avner fra korn ved at kaste det op i luften worfeln λιχνίζω aventar tuulama غربال کردن seuloa vanner לְנַפּוֹת फटकना rešetati, lučiti rostál menampi hreinsa hismi úr korni með blæstri spulare 吹き分ける (곡물 등을) 까불러(키질하여) 가려내다 vėtyti vētīt mengangin; menampi wannen rense korn ved blåsing przewiać (zboże) poeirar a vântura отвеивать (pre)osiať, previať vejati vrći žito vanna, skilja, sålla พัดหรือเป่าเอาแกลบข้าวออก; ร่อนข้าว harman/tahıl savurmak 簸除穀殼 віяти; відсівати ہوا کے ذریعے بھوسا اڑا کر غلہ صاف کرنا sàng 扬（谷物）