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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
winnow \win"now\ wi^n"n-o, v. t. imp. p. p. winnowed
wi^n"n-od; p. pr. vb. n. winnowing. oe. windewen,
winewen, as. windwian; akin to goth. winpjan in comp.,
winpi-skauro a fan, l. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. l.
wannus a fan for winnowing, g. wanne, ohg. wanna. root131.
see wind moving air, and cf. fan., n., ventilate.
1913 webster
1. to separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of
wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
1913 webster
ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
--ruth. iii.
2.
1913 webster
2. to sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from
truth; to separate, as bad from good.
1913 webster
winnow well this thought, and you shall find
this light as chaff that flies before the wind.
--dryden.
1913 webster
3. to beat with wings, or as with wings.poetic
1913 webster
now on the polar winds; then with quick fan
winnows the buxom air. --milton.
1913 webster
see also:
winnowed winnowing wind fan ventilate
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
winnowing \win"nowing\, n.
the act of one who, or that which, winnows.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
winnowing
n : the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was
done by women" syn: winnow, sifting
see also:
winnow sifting
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