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Definizione monolingua


winnow


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.
    • 1998, Sid Perkins, “Thin Skin”, Science News, volume 165, number 1, page 11:?
      ...wind began to winnow the river deltas dried sediments.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner.
    They winnowed the field to twelve.
    They winnowed the winners from the losers.
    They winnowed the losers from the winners.
  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.

Definizione dizionario winnow


vagliare
ventilare

Altri significati:
  to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air
  (transitive) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
  (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
  That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
  (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
  something that winnows
  (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner.

Traduzione winnow


vagliare ,ventilare

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