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- verbwinnow (verb) · winnows (third person present) · winnowed (past tense) · winnowed (past participle) · winnowing (present participle) · win-now (verb) · win-nows (third person present) · win-nowed (past tense) · win-nowed (past participle) · win-nowing (present participle)
- blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff:"a combine cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain in one operation"
- 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:"guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers" · "the contenders had been winnowed to five"
- find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something):"amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth"
- literary(of the wind) blow:"the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass"
- (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings:"the emperors of the sky winnowing the air"
OriginOld English windwian, from wind (see wind).
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- Winnow is a verb that means to blow the chaff from grain before it can be used as food1. It can also mean to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality1. The word originated from Old English as windwian and was first used to describe the removal of chaff from grain by a current of air. This use was soon extended to describe the removal of anything undesirable or unwanted2.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.winnow verb [ T ] uk / ˈwɪn.əʊ / us / ˈwɪn.oʊ / Add to word list to blow the chaff (= the outer coverings) from grain before it can be used as food formal to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/winnowBeginning as windwian in Old English, winnow first referred to the removal of chaff from grain by a current of air. This use was soon extended to describe the removal of anything undesirable or unwanted (a current example of this sense would be "winnowing out sensitive material").www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winnow
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