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Definition winnow

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.

Verb

winnow (third-person singular simple present winnows, present participle winnowing, simple past and past participle winnowed)

1. (transitive, agriculture) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values.
3. (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
4. (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

Noun

winnow (plural winnows)

1. That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.

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