Winnow synonyms
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Part of speech:
To blow in puffs, as the wind
breath (related)
To be in a state of motion, as air
cull-out
select desirable parts from a group or list
The act of separating chaff from grain.
To obtain despite resistance:
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To cause to be distinct or different:
Sift is defined as to pass through a sorting device like a screen to sort, separate or carefully examine.
(Comput.) To arrange data or a group of records in a particular way, as chronologically or alphabetically, for more efficient access
thresh (related)
chaff (related)
dryed (related)
To separate (light) into spectral rays.
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To get rid of; remove:
To test by carefully questioning in order to find out the knowledge, skill, qualifications, etc. of (a student, witness, job applicant, etc.)
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
include (related)
To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
To pass through a sieve.
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To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
the act of separating grain from chaff
Find another word for winnow. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for winnow, like: puff, breath, cull-out, fan, winnowing, scatter, extract, separate, sift, sort and thresh.