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winnower
English
Etymology
winnow +? -er
Noun
winnower (plural winnowers)
- a person who winnows
- a form of fan or basket used for winnowing
Translations
winnower From the web:
winnow
English
Etymology
From Middle English winewen, windewen, windwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-Germanic *windw?n?, *winþijan? (“to throw about, winnow”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“to winnow, thresh”). Cognate with Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?no?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?n??/
- Rhymes: -?n??
Verb
winnow (third-person singular simple present winnows, present participle winnowing, simple past and past participle winnowed)
- (transitive, agriculture) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
- (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values.
- They winnowed the field to twelve.
- They winnowed the winners from the losers.
- They winnowed the losers from the winners.
- (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
- 1872 Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds
- Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build; the feet are larger and more ambulatorial, the wings are shorter and not so thin; the birds winnow the air in a steady course unlike the buoyant dashing flight of their relatives.
- 1872 Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds
- (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
Usage notes
- Used with adverb or preposition "down"; see also winnow down.
- Used with adverbs or prepositions "through", "away", and "out".
Hyponyms
- winnow down
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
winnow (plural winnows)
- That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
- The act of winnowing
Translations
References
- winnow in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- winnow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- winnow at OneLook Dictionary Search
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