winnowed

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To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner

They winnowed the losers from the winners.

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To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings
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To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter
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To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff
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{v} to fan, sift, part, separate, examin
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{f} separate the grain from the chaff; separate the good from the bad; blow through; scatter; blow over; sift through, select the desirable parts
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To free or separate grain or the like from chaff or refuse matter, usually by means of wind
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To pursue or accomplish with a waving or flapping motion, as of wings
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separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"
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That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain
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remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff"
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To set in motion or vibration; to beat as with a fan or wings
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To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good
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To separate chaff from grain
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treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated; "winnow grain"
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To beat with wings, or as with wings
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the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff" treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated; "winnow grain" separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field" blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair
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blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"
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To blow upon; to toss about by blowing
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To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain
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the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
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To fan; set in motion by means of wind; specifically, to expose (grain) to a current of air in order to separate and drive off chaff, refuse particles, etc
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To separate, expel, or disperse by or as by fanning or blowing; to sift or weed out; to separate or distinguish, as one thing from another
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Figuratively, to subject to a process analogous to the winnowing of grain; to separate into parts according to kind; to sift; to analyze or scrutinize carefully; to examine; to test
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If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three. to make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want = whittle down
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blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair
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{i} act of winnowing; device for winnowing grain
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