Winnow Definition

wĭnō
winnowed, winnowing, winnows
verb
winnowed, winnowing, winnows
To blow the chaff from (grain) by wind or a forced current of air.
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To blow off (chaff) in this manner.
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To blow away; scatter.
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To analyze or examine carefully in order to separate the various elements; sift.
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To winnow grain.
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noun
winnows
The act of winnowing.
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An apparatus for winnowing.
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Other Word Forms of Winnow

Noun

Singular:
winnow
Plural:
winnows

Origin of Winnow

  • From Middle English winewen, windewen, windwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate"), from Proto-Germanic *windwōnÄ… (“to throw about, winnow"), from Proto-Indo-European *wÄ“- (“to winnow, thresh"). Cognate with Middle High German winden (“to winnow"), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English winnewen alteration of windwen from Old English windwian from wind wind wind1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Winnow Sentence Examples

  • Seasonal inflow may, for example, winnow out sediments from breccias and other areas, to redeposit them elsewhere.

  • Search Engine - A number of scholarship search engines will winnow results according to a student's unique situation, including whether he or she plans to take distance courses.

  • Sieyes, conscious that his political mechanism would merely winnow the air, until the profoundly able and forceful man at his side adapted it to the work of government, relapsed into silence; and his resignation of the office of consul, together with that of Ducos, was announced as imminent.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIN

Words Ending With

WOWNOW

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Words Starting With W and Ending With W

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With W6 Letter Words Ending With W