winnowing

Meaning of winnowing

verb
  1. To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
  2. To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values.
    They winnowed the field to twelve.
  3. To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
  4. To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

noun

The act of separating chaff from grain.

Information about winnowing

  • The plural form of winnowing is: winnowings.
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Hyphenation of winnowing

win-now-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • winnowing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

winnowing synonyms

Meaning winnow:

winnow, sifting

Words that rhyme with winnowing

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