英语词汇“winnow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

winnowwinnow /ˈwɪnoʊ/ verb

ETYMOLOGYwinnow

Origin: Old English windwian

VERB TABLE

winnow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	winnow
	he, she, it	winnows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	winnowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have winnowed
	he, she, it	has winnowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had winnowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will winnow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have winnowed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am winnowing
	he, she, it	is winnowing
	you, we, they	are winnowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was winnowing
	you, we, they	were winnowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been winnowing
	he, she, it	has been winnowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been winnowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be winnowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been winnowing

1[intransitive, transitive] (also winnow down) to become smaller, or to make a list, group, or quantity do this, by getting rid of the parts that you do not need or want2[intransitive, transitive] to separate the chaff (=outer part) from grainwinnow something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of the parts of something that you do not need or want