Thesaurus: winnow

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1. v. i. To separate chaff from grain.
2. n. the act of separating grain from chaff
3. v. separate the chaff from grain by using air currents
4. v. select desirable parts from a group or list
5. v. blow away or off with a current of air
6. 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. To separate chaff from grain. Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9.
7. To separate chaff from grain.Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9.
8. v:100 n. the act of separating grain from chaff v. separate the chaff from by using air currents v. blow on