| NOUN | act | winnow, winnowing, sifting | the act of separating grain from chaff |
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| VERB | contact | winnow, fan | separate the chaff from by using air currents |
| motion | winnow | blow on | |
| cognition | winnow, cull out | select desirable parts from a group or list | |
| change | winnow | blow away or off with a current of air |
| Sounds | wih'now. | |
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| Rhymes | albino ... Zeno: 62 rhymes with now... | |
| Meaning | The act of separating grain from chaff. | |
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| Example | "the winnowing was done by women" | |
| Synonyms | winnowing, sifting | |
| Broader | separation | sorting one thing from others |
| Verbs | winnow | separate the chaff from by using air currents |
| Meaning | separate the chaff from by using air currents. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" | |
| Synonym | fan | |
| Broader | sift, sieve, strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
| Nouns | winnow, winnowing | the act of separating grain from chaff |
| Meaning | blow on. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
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| Broader | fan | agitate the air |
| Meaning | select desirable parts from a group or list. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants" | |
| Synonym | cull out | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | seleccionar | |
| Meaning | Blow away or off with a current of air. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "winnow chaff" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |