winnow
IPA: wˈɪnoʊ
noun
- That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
- The act of winnowing
verb
- (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, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
- (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
- (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
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Examples of "winnow" in Sentences
- Both sides are expected to take several days to winnow the panel down to a jury of 16.
- So he will return to those issues and try to kind of winnow down the states that he pays attention to.
- The transaction would winnow the ranks of hard drive makers—a market that once had dozens of suppliers—to four remaining giants.
- When dried they are separated from the dust and partly from the outward membranous coat by means of a kind of winnow, and are then laid up in warehouses.
- Many potential buyers have already stepped forward and the next step is to winnow that group to a handful, said Meade, but the process will pause during a period of mourning for Mrs. Cohen.
- Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel on Monday rejected out of hand an African National Congress statement that the transitional executive council should "winnow" racist policemen from the South
- Dynegy, instead, embarked on an eight-year process to winnow debt—down from about $15 billion to less than $5 billion by the end of 2010—and avoid bankruptcy, which would have wiped out the value of common shares.
- Some prominent religious leaders still hope that South Carolina might winnow the field in ways that make it easier for social conservatives to coalesce in later races, such as Florida, which is next on the calendar.
- And a room's lighting also greatly affects how colors appear both on the digital image and when painting the walls, she adds, noting that customers should use apps to winnow choices but then try a sample before committing.
- But I have figured out a chunk of what I want in relationships, which helped me winnow three possibilities down to the one that suits me best (and I know, being poly means it's not a zero-sum game, but I don't like slicing up my time and energy too thin, and there are reasons the other two wouldn't work).
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