WIN
- to winnow (to separate chaff from grain) [v WON or WINNED, WAN, WINNING, WINS] / to be victorious [v WON or WINNED, WAN, WINNING, WINS]
- reach by expenditure of effort
- to be victorious [v WAN, WINNING, WINS, WON] / to winnow (to free grain from impurities) [v WAN, WINNED, WINNING, WINS, WON] : WINNINGLY [adv]
- to finish first in a competition
- to succeed by effort
- to succeed in reaching
- to get by effort
- to be victorious in
- victory
- to win or succeed, esp. over great odds; triumph
- to get possession of by effort or fortune
- obtain by work earn striving to win a living from the sterile soil
- gain in or as if in battle or contest won the championship
- be the victor in won the war
- make friendly or favorable to oneself or to one's cause often used with over won him over with persuasive arguments
- induce to accept oneself in marriage was unable to win the woman he loved
- obtain (as ore, coal, or clay) by mining
- prepare (as a vein or bed) for regular mining
- recover (as metal) from ore
- gain the victory in a contest succeed
- succeed in arriving at a place or a state