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winnow

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winnow

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winnower

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WINNOW

v.t.[L., a fan. ] 1. To separate and drive off the chaff from grain by means of wind. Grain is winnowed by a fan, or by a machine, or by pouring it out of a vessel in a current of air.
2. To fan; to beat as with wings.
3. To examine; to sift for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth.
Winnow well this thought.
4. To separate, as the bad from the good.

 

WINNOW

v.i.To separate chaff from corn. Winnow not with every wind.

 

WINNOWED

pp. Separated from the chaff by wind; sifted; examined.

 

WINNOWER

n.One who winnows.

 

WINNOWING

ppr. Separating from the chaff by wind; examining.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WINNOW

Win "now, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winnowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Winnowing. ]Etym: [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. . See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan. , n., Ventilate. ]

 

1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. Ruth. iii. 2.

 

2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. Dryden.

 

3. To beat with wings, or as with wings. [Poetic ] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. Milton.

 

WINNOW

WINNOW Win "now, v. i.

 

Defn: To separate chaff from grain. Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9.

 

WINNOWER

WINNOWER Win "now *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.

 

WINNOWING

WINNOWING Win "now *ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of one who, or that which, winnows.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

winnow

win now |ˈwinō ˈwɪnoʊ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] blow a current of air through (grain ) in order to remove the chaff. • remove (chaff ) from grain: women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice. • remove (people or things ) from a group until only the best ones are left: the contenders had been winnowed to five | guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers. • find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something ): amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth. 2 [ no obj. ] literary (of the wind ) blow: the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass. • [ with obj. ] (of a bird ) fan (the air ) with wings. DERIVATIVES win now er noun ORIGIN Old English windwian, from wind (see wind 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

winnow

win ¦now |ˈwɪnəʊ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] blow a current of air through (grain ) in order to remove the chaff. • remove (chaff ) from grain: women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice. 2 remove (people or things ) from a group until only the best ones are left: guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers. • find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something ): amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth. 3 [ no obj. ] literary (of the wind ) blow: the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass. • [ with obj. ] (of a bird ) fan (the air ) with its wings. DERIVATIVES winnower noun ORIGIN Old English windwian, from wind (see wind 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

winnow

winnow verb the chaff is winnowed from the grain: separate (out ), divide, segregate, sort out, sift out, filter out; isolate, narrow down; remove, get rid of.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

winnow

winnow verb 1 the dust and chaff is winnowed from the grain: separate, divide, sort out; remove, get rid of. 2 it's difficult to winnow out the truth: separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, sort out, find, identify, ferret out; separate the wheat from the chaff.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

winnow

win now /wɪ́noʊ /動詞 他動詞 1 〈穀物 〉を (もみ殻 ごみくずなどから )吹き分ける, ひる ; 〈もみ殻など 〉を 【穀物から 】吹き飛ばす (away , out ) «from » ▸ winnow (away [off ]) the chaff from the grain 穀物からもみ殻を吹き飛ばす .2 «…から » …を選び出す (out ) «from » ; …を除く, ふるい落とす (out ); …を選別してしぼりこむ (down ); «…と » …を識別する «from » ; 〈証拠 真偽など 〉を分析検討する, 精査する ▸ winnow (down ) the applicants to five 志願者をふるいにかけて5人にしぼる .