Word

winnow, v.
(winnowed, winnowing, winnows)
freq. cnt. 1

separate the chaff from grain by using air currents
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

winnow

"She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

blow away or off with a current of air
<verb.change>

fan winnow

"winnow chaff"
"The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

select desirable parts from a group or list
<verb.cognition>

cull out winnow

"cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"
"winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

blow on
<verb.motion>

winnow

"The wind was winnowing her hair"
"the wind winnowed the grass"

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semantic pointers

hypernym