Word of the Day - December 02, 2024
WINNOW
- blow on fan the wind winnowing his thin white hair Time
- free of unwanted or inferior elements pare
- get rid of (something undesirable or unwanted) remove often used with out winnow out certain inaccuracies Stanley Walker
- separate chaff from grain by fanning
- separate desirable and undesirable elements
- treat (as grain) by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated
- can mean to remove people or things that are less important or desirable or, generally, to make a list of possible choices smaller.
- The search committee is finding it extremely difficult to winnow the list of job candidates down to three finalists many of them are highly qualified.
- to free (grain) of chaff by a forced current of air
- to free grain from impurities [v WINNOWED, WINNOWING, WINNOWS]
- to remove (as chaff) by a current of air
- to separate
- to separate chaff from grain [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to separate or distinguish valuable from worthless parts.
