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winnowing 音标拼音: [w'ɪn ,oɪŋ] 簸选 簸选 winnowing n 1: the act of separating grain from chaff; " the winnowing was done by women" [ synonym: { winnow}, { winnowing}, { sifting}] Winnowing \ Win" now* ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, winnows. [ 1913 Webster]
Winnow \ Win" now\ ( w[ i^] n" n[- o]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Winnowed} ( w[ i^] n" n[- o] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Winnowing}.] [ OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan ( in comp.), winpi- skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. [ root] 131. See { Wind} moving air, and cf. { Fan}., n., { Ventilate}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. [ 1913 Webster] Ho winnoweth barley to- night in the threshing floor. -- Ruth. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good. [ 1913 Webster] Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[ Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
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