winnow

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• February 21. 2014 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  winnow — noun — english

  the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  winnow — verb — english

  separate the chaff from grain by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  winnow — verb — english

  blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  winnow — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  winnow — verb — english

  blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; "The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum"