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winnow

Nouns

• (n) the act of separating grain from chaff
  • the winnowing was done by women
  sifting, winnowing,

Verbs

• (v) separate the chaff from by using air currents
  • She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field
  fan,
• (v) blow on
  • The wind was winnowing her hair
  • the wind winnowed the grass
• (v) 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,
• (v) blow away or off with a current of air
  • winnow chaff

Synonyms

sifting winnowing fan cull out

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