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winnow

English

  1. 🔊 the act of separating grain from chaff
    “the winnowing was done by women”
  2. 🔊 blow away or off with a current of air
    “winnow chaff”
  3. 🔊 separate the chaff from grain by using air currents
    “She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field”
  4. 🔊 blow on
    “The wind was winnowing her hair”
  5. 🔊 select desirable parts from a group or list
    “cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 abeldar to winnow
  2. 🔊 beldar to winnow

Similar words

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