Winnow Synonyms

wĭnō
To set apart (one kind or type) from others
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. separate
  2. sift
  3. sort
To be in a state of motion, as air
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scatter
  2. extract
  3. separate
  4. fan
  5. sieve
  6. blow
  7. analyze
  8. disperse
  9. eliminate
  10. cull-out
  11. examine
  12. remove
  13. thresh
  14. select
  15. puff
  16. sort
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The act of separating grain from chaff
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. winnowing
  2. sifting

Words Related to Winnow

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Winnow Sentence Examples

  • Seasonal inflow may, for example, winnow out sediments from breccias and other areas, to redeposit them elsewhere.

  • Search Engine - A number of scholarship search engines will winnow results according to a student's unique situation, including whether he or she plans to take distance courses.

  • Sieyes, conscious that his political mechanism would merely winnow the air, until the profoundly able and forceful man at his side adapted it to the work of government, relapsed into silence; and his resignation of the office of consul, together with that of Ducos, was announced as imminent.

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