wheat

noun

/wiːt/

[uncountable]Idioms

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a plant grown for its grain that is used to produce the flour for bread, cakes, pasta, etc.; the grain of this plant
- wheat flour
Collocations Farming
FarmingGrowing food and raising animals
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
Modern farming
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Topics Farmingb2, Foodb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- ripe
- cracked
- whole
- …
… of wheat
- ear
- grain
- bag
- …
verb + wheat
- grow
- plant
- sow
- …
wheat + verb
- grow
wheat + noun
- crop
- harvest
- field
- …
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Word OriginOld English hwǣte of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white.

Idioms

sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff

to recognize the difference between useful or valuable people or things and those that are not useful or have no value
- We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff.

单词	wheat
释义	wheat noun /wiːt/ /wiːt/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results enlarge image a plant grown for its grain that is used to produce the flour for bread, cakes, pasta, etc.; the grain of this plant wheat flour Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit plough/(North American English) plow land/a field sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields spread manure/fertilizer on something cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land damage/destroy/lose your crop ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes press/dry/ferment grapes grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep kill/slaughter livestock preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat Modern farming run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods fund/invest in genetic engineering/research improve/increase crop yields face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms) eliminate/reduce farm subsidies oppose/be against factory farming/GM food promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming Topics Farmingb2, Foodb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective ripe cracked whole … … of wheat ear grain bag … verb + wheat grow plant sow … wheat + verb grow wheat + noun crop harvest field … See full entry Word OriginOld English hwǣte of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weit, German Weizen, also to white. Idioms sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff to recognize the difference between useful or valuable people or things and those that are not useful or have no value We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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