Definition of winnow in English:

winnow

verb ˈwɪnəʊˈwɪnoʊ

1with object Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
a combine cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain in one operation
Example sentencesExamples
- A person in clean moccasins then ‘danced the rice’ treading on it to remove the hull and then tossing it into the air to winnow the chaff.
- As, when grain is shaken and winnowed by fans and other instruments used in the threshing of corn, the close and heavy particles are borne away and settle in one direction, and the loose and light particles in another.
1. 1.1 Remove (chaff) from grain.
  women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is even a sign in the tourist office - of all places - for a ‘hand-power riddling and winnowing combinated machine on rent.’
  The jigged rice was winnowed with a bark tray to separate the chaff.
  They will have the chance to try reaping, stooking, threshing, winnowing and milling and, if they still have the energy, cooking as they take part in the entire harvest process from field to plate.
  In the countryside, her duties include caring for children, home, and garden, as well as transplanting, harvesting, and winnowing the rice.
  Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes.
  To winnow the wheat from the chaff and to prepare it in an easily digested shape for the tender stomachs of first- and second-year students taxes the resources of the most capable teacher.
  The chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions.
  These include the preparation of new fields, preparing existing fields, ploughing, planting, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing the grain.
  A woman winnowing grain in the Virunga National Park.
  Also you may occasionally see her out in the fields helping her mother, Memnet, crush and winnow the grain.
  Now that most of the chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat.
  After all the grain have been removed from the mahangu heads this grain must be winnowed to remove the husks.
  A 19th century hand-powered barn winnowing machine using volunteers' muscle power will then separate the grain from the chaff before milling, using machines from replica Stone Age querns to a Bamford mill powered by a 1930 tractor.
  Days like this become a file of lingering images: women winnowing grain, children carrying almost their own weight in firewood, and meeting a Hindu sadhu on pilgrimage.
  Synonyms
  separate, divide, sort out
  remove, get rid of
2. 1.2 Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left.
  guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers
  Example sentencesExamples
  But they comforted themselves knowing they'd picked up a couple of governorships, winnowing the Republican lead to 24-23.
  You spend the vast majority of your time winnowing the application pile - i.e., finding reasons not to hire someone.
  Time will winnow the wheat from the chaff but it won't diminish the pleasure of Lane's reviews.
  It's easy to fall in love with particular images, even mediocre ones, but with time it also becomes easier to winnow the wheat from the chaff.
  Show producers are now winnowing the group to 12 hopefuls for America's first reality-TV primary.
  She contends that women winnow competing ideas less through hostile scrutiny than by getting inside another's mind, and often by way of friendly conversation.
  The court is now able to winnow the grain from the chaff, as the Photo Production reasoning is embodied in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, s. 9.
  The lack of small, easily transported elements in the collection also suggests current activity, as such elements may be quickly winnowed out of a bone assemblage.
  Chris Waywell winnows the wheat from the chaff in this elusive subject.
3. 1.3 Find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something)
  amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth
  Example sentencesExamples
  To the extent that the FDA has helped winnow the mainstream drug market down to scientifically proven treatments, it has been a help rather than hindrance.
  His distaste for hypotheses is the natural reaction of a man in possession of a far superior instrument for winnowing truth from error.
  Analysts attempt to winnow a few kernels of truth from a mass of falsehood in order to construct a comprehensible mosaic from a swiftly flowing stream of uncertain data.
  Synonyms
  separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, sort out, find, identify, ferret out
  separate the wheat from the chaff
2literary no object (of the wind) blow.
the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass
1. 2.1with object (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings.
  the emperors of the sky winnowing the air

Derivatives

winnower

noun ˈwɪnəʊəˈwɪnoʊ(ə)r

Origin

Old English windwian, from wind (see wind¹).

wind from Old English:
A word from an Indo-European root that also gave us Latin ventus, the source of vent (Late Middle English) and ventilate (Late Middle English). Winnow, windwian in Old English, is to use the wind to separate grain and chaff. To get wind of something comes from the idea of hunted animal picking up the scent of a hunter. The phrase wind of change was used by Harold Macmillan, British prime minister 1957–63, during a speech he made in Cape Town in 1960: ‘The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and, whether we like it or not, this growth of [African] national consciousness is a political fact.’ See also ill. For the differently pronounced verb see wand

Rhymes

minnow

Definition of winnow in US English:

winnow

verbˈwɪnoʊˈwinō

1with object Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
Example sentencesExamples
- As, when grain is shaken and winnowed by fans and other instruments used in the threshing of corn, the close and heavy particles are borne away and settle in one direction, and the loose and light particles in another.
- A person in clean moccasins then ‘danced the rice’ treading on it to remove the hull and then tossing it into the air to winnow the chaff.
1. 1.1 Remove (chaff) from grain.
  women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice
  Example sentencesExamples
  To winnow the wheat from the chaff and to prepare it in an easily digested shape for the tender stomachs of first- and second-year students taxes the resources of the most capable teacher.
  After all the grain have been removed from the mahangu heads this grain must be winnowed to remove the husks.
  A woman winnowing grain in the Virunga National Park.
  Also you may occasionally see her out in the fields helping her mother, Memnet, crush and winnow the grain.
  A 19th century hand-powered barn winnowing machine using volunteers' muscle power will then separate the grain from the chaff before milling, using machines from replica Stone Age querns to a Bamford mill powered by a 1930 tractor.
  In the countryside, her duties include caring for children, home, and garden, as well as transplanting, harvesting, and winnowing the rice.
  They will have the chance to try reaping, stooking, threshing, winnowing and milling and, if they still have the energy, cooking as they take part in the entire harvest process from field to plate.
  There is even a sign in the tourist office - of all places - for a ‘hand-power riddling and winnowing combinated machine on rent.’
  The chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions.
  Days like this become a file of lingering images: women winnowing grain, children carrying almost their own weight in firewood, and meeting a Hindu sadhu on pilgrimage.
  Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes.
  Now that most of the chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat.
  The jigged rice was winnowed with a bark tray to separate the chaff.
  These include the preparation of new fields, preparing existing fields, ploughing, planting, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing the grain.
  Synonyms
  separate, divide, sort out
2. 1.2 Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left.
  guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers
  the contenders had been winnowed to five
  Example sentencesExamples
  Chris Waywell winnows the wheat from the chaff in this elusive subject.
  It's easy to fall in love with particular images, even mediocre ones, but with time it also becomes easier to winnow the wheat from the chaff.
  The court is now able to winnow the grain from the chaff, as the Photo Production reasoning is embodied in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, s. 9.
  Show producers are now winnowing the group to 12 hopefuls for America's first reality-TV primary.
  She contends that women winnow competing ideas less through hostile scrutiny than by getting inside another's mind, and often by way of friendly conversation.
  Time will winnow the wheat from the chaff but it won't diminish the pleasure of Lane's reviews.
  But they comforted themselves knowing they'd picked up a couple of governorships, winnowing the Republican lead to 24-23.
  The lack of small, easily transported elements in the collection also suggests current activity, as such elements may be quickly winnowed out of a bone assemblage.
  You spend the vast majority of your time winnowing the application pile - i.e., finding reasons not to hire someone.
3. 1.3 Find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something)
  amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth
  Example sentencesExamples
  Analysts attempt to winnow a few kernels of truth from a mass of falsehood in order to construct a comprehensible mosaic from a swiftly flowing stream of uncertain data.
  To the extent that the FDA has helped winnow the mainstream drug market down to scientifically proven treatments, it has been a help rather than hindrance.
  His distaste for hypotheses is the natural reaction of a man in possession of a far superior instrument for winnowing truth from error.
  Synonyms
  separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, sort out, find, identify, ferret out
2literary no object (of the wind) blow.
the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass
1. 2.1with object (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings.

Origin

Old English windwian, from wind (see wind).

单词	winnow
释义	Definition of winnow in English: winnow verb ˈwɪnəʊˈwɪnoʊ 1with object Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff. a combine cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain in one operation Example sentencesExamples A person in clean moccasins then ‘danced the rice’ treading on it to remove the hull and then tossing it into the air to winnow the chaff. As, when grain is shaken and winnowed by fans and other instruments used in the threshing of corn, the close and heavy particles are borne away and settle in one direction, and the loose and light particles in another. 1.1 Remove (chaff) from grain. women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice Example sentencesExamples There is even a sign in the tourist office - of all places - for a ‘hand-power riddling and winnowing combinated machine on rent.’ The jigged rice was winnowed with a bark tray to separate the chaff. They will have the chance to try reaping, stooking, threshing, winnowing and milling and, if they still have the energy, cooking as they take part in the entire harvest process from field to plate. In the countryside, her duties include caring for children, home, and garden, as well as transplanting, harvesting, and winnowing the rice. Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes. To winnow the wheat from the chaff and to prepare it in an easily digested shape for the tender stomachs of first- and second-year students taxes the resources of the most capable teacher. The chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions. These include the preparation of new fields, preparing existing fields, ploughing, planting, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing the grain. A woman winnowing grain in the Virunga National Park. Also you may occasionally see her out in the fields helping her mother, Memnet, crush and winnow the grain. Now that most of the chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat. After all the grain have been removed from the mahangu heads this grain must be winnowed to remove the husks. A 19th century hand-powered barn winnowing machine using volunteers' muscle power will then separate the grain from the chaff before milling, using machines from replica Stone Age querns to a Bamford mill powered by a 1930 tractor. Days like this become a file of lingering images: women winnowing grain, children carrying almost their own weight in firewood, and meeting a Hindu sadhu on pilgrimage. Synonyms separate, divide, sort out remove, get rid of 1.2 Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left. guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers Example sentencesExamples But they comforted themselves knowing they'd picked up a couple of governorships, winnowing the Republican lead to 24-23. You spend the vast majority of your time winnowing the application pile - i.e., finding reasons not to hire someone. Time will winnow the wheat from the chaff but it won't diminish the pleasure of Lane's reviews. It's easy to fall in love with particular images, even mediocre ones, but with time it also becomes easier to winnow the wheat from the chaff. Show producers are now winnowing the group to 12 hopefuls for America's first reality-TV primary. She contends that women winnow competing ideas less through hostile scrutiny than by getting inside another's mind, and often by way of friendly conversation. The court is now able to winnow the grain from the chaff, as the Photo Production reasoning is embodied in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, s. 9. The lack of small, easily transported elements in the collection also suggests current activity, as such elements may be quickly winnowed out of a bone assemblage. Chris Waywell winnows the wheat from the chaff in this elusive subject. 1.3 Find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something) amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth Example sentencesExamples To the extent that the FDA has helped winnow the mainstream drug market down to scientifically proven treatments, it has been a help rather than hindrance. His distaste for hypotheses is the natural reaction of a man in possession of a far superior instrument for winnowing truth from error. Analysts attempt to winnow a few kernels of truth from a mass of falsehood in order to construct a comprehensible mosaic from a swiftly flowing stream of uncertain data. Synonyms separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, sort out, find, identify, ferret out separate the wheat from the chaff 2literary no object (of the wind) blow. the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass 2.1with object (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings. the emperors of the sky winnowing the air Derivatives winnower noun ˈwɪnəʊəˈwɪnoʊ(ə)r Origin Old English windwian, from wind (see wind¹). wind from Old English: A word from an Indo-European root that also gave us Latin ventus, the source of vent (Late Middle English) and ventilate (Late Middle English). Winnow, windwian in Old English, is to use the wind to separate grain and chaff. To get wind of something comes from the idea of hunted animal picking up the scent of a hunter. The phrase wind of change was used by Harold Macmillan, British prime minister 1957–63, during a speech he made in Cape Town in 1960: ‘The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and, whether we like it or not, this growth of [African] national consciousness is a political fact.’ See also ill. For the differently pronounced verb see wand Rhymes minnow Definition of winnow in US English: winnow verbˈwɪnoʊˈwinō 1with object Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff. Example sentencesExamples As, when grain is shaken and winnowed by fans and other instruments used in the threshing of corn, the close and heavy particles are borne away and settle in one direction, and the loose and light particles in another. A person in clean moccasins then ‘danced the rice’ treading on it to remove the hull and then tossing it into the air to winnow the chaff. 1.1 Remove (chaff) from grain. women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice Example sentencesExamples To winnow the wheat from the chaff and to prepare it in an easily digested shape for the tender stomachs of first- and second-year students taxes the resources of the most capable teacher. After all the grain have been removed from the mahangu heads this grain must be winnowed to remove the husks. A woman winnowing grain in the Virunga National Park. Also you may occasionally see her out in the fields helping her mother, Memnet, crush and winnow the grain. A 19th century hand-powered barn winnowing machine using volunteers' muscle power will then separate the grain from the chaff before milling, using machines from replica Stone Age querns to a Bamford mill powered by a 1930 tractor. In the countryside, her duties include caring for children, home, and garden, as well as transplanting, harvesting, and winnowing the rice. They will have the chance to try reaping, stooking, threshing, winnowing and milling and, if they still have the energy, cooking as they take part in the entire harvest process from field to plate. There is even a sign in the tourist office - of all places - for a ‘hand-power riddling and winnowing combinated machine on rent.’ The chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions. Days like this become a file of lingering images: women winnowing grain, children carrying almost their own weight in firewood, and meeting a Hindu sadhu on pilgrimage. Shaggy yaks stomp around threshing circles, ears of barley are thrashed with sticks and winnowed by singing villagers in twos and threes. Now that most of the chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat. The jigged rice was winnowed with a bark tray to separate the chaff. These include the preparation of new fields, preparing existing fields, ploughing, planting, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and storing the grain. Synonyms separate, divide, sort out 1.2 Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left. guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers the contenders had been winnowed to five Example sentencesExamples Chris Waywell winnows the wheat from the chaff in this elusive subject. It's easy to fall in love with particular images, even mediocre ones, but with time it also becomes easier to winnow the wheat from the chaff. The court is now able to winnow the grain from the chaff, as the Photo Production reasoning is embodied in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, s. 9. Show producers are now winnowing the group to 12 hopefuls for America's first reality-TV primary. She contends that women winnow competing ideas less through hostile scrutiny than by getting inside another's mind, and often by way of friendly conversation. Time will winnow the wheat from the chaff but it won't diminish the pleasure of Lane's reviews. But they comforted themselves knowing they'd picked up a couple of governorships, winnowing the Republican lead to 24-23. The lack of small, easily transported elements in the collection also suggests current activity, as such elements may be quickly winnowed out of a bone assemblage. You spend the vast majority of your time winnowing the application pile - i.e., finding reasons not to hire someone. 1.3 Find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something) amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth Example sentencesExamples Analysts attempt to winnow a few kernels of truth from a mass of falsehood in order to construct a comprehensible mosaic from a swiftly flowing stream of uncertain data. To the extent that the FDA has helped winnow the mainstream drug market down to scientifically proven treatments, it has been a help rather than hindrance. His distaste for hypotheses is the natural reaction of a man in possession of a far superior instrument for winnowing truth from error. Synonyms separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, sort out, find, identify, ferret out 2literary no object (of the wind) blow. the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass 2.1with object (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings. Origin Old English windwian, from wind (see wind).
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