WINNOW

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To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner

They winnowed the losers from the winners.

To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings
To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter
To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff
{v} to fan, sift, part, separate, examin
{f} separate the grain from the chaff; separate the good from the bad; blow through; scatter; blow over; sift through, select the desirable parts
To free or separate grain or the like from chaff or refuse matter, usually by means of wind
To pursue or accomplish with a waving or flapping motion, as of wings
separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"
That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain
remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff"
To set in motion or vibration; to beat as with a fan or wings
To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good
To separate chaff from grain
treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated; "winnow grain"
To beat with wings, or as with wings
the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff" treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated; "winnow grain" separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field" blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair
blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"
To blow upon; to toss about by blowing
To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain
the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
To fan; set in motion by means of wind; specifically, to expose (grain) to a current of air in order to separate and drive off chaff, refuse particles, etc
To separate, expel, or disperse by or as by fanning or blowing; to sift or weed out; to separate or distinguish, as one thing from another
Figuratively, to subject to a process analogous to the winnowing of grain; to separate into parts according to kind; to sift; to analyze or scrutinize carefully; to examine; to test
If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three. to make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want = whittle down
blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair
{i} act of winnowing; device for winnowing grain
WINNOW

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    win·now

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    wînō

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    /ˈwəˌnō/ /ˈwɪˌnoʊ/

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    [ 'wi-(")nO ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English winewen, from Old English windwian to fan, winnow; akin to Old High German wintOn to fan, Latin vannus winnowing fan, ventus wind; more at WIND.