winnow

1. v. i. To separate chaff from grain. Source: opted

2. n. the act of separating grain from chaff Source: wordnet

3. v. separate the chaff from grain by using air currents Source: wordnet

4. v. select desirable parts from a group or list Source: wordnet

5. v. blow away or off with a current of air Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

7. To separate chaff from grain.Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9. Source: adambom

8. v:100 n. the act of separating grain from chaff v. separate the chaff from by using air currents v. blow on Source: ecdict

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