winnow in English

verb
1
blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
As, when grain is shaken and winnowed by fans and other instruments used in the threshing of corn, the close and heavy particles are borne away and settle in one direction, and the loose and light particles in another.
2
(of the wind) blow.
the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass
noun
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "winnow" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "winnow", or refer to the context using the word "winnow" in the English Dictionary.

1. We need to winnow the list of candidates to three.

2. The Arizona primary was supposed to winnow the field of Republican presidential hopefuls.

3. I will winnow them with a fork at the city gates of the land.

4. And tonight, we winnow to 100 and finally to number one.

5. Again the problem is to winnow these down to manageable proportions.

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7. I winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land.

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9. And tonight, we winnow them down to and finally to number one.

10. I will winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land.

11. One reference work observed: “It means . . . to winnow out all the chaff, and to leave all the grain —to save all that is valuable.

12. To winnow the definition into something more useful to archaeologists, many workers employ the list of behavioral traits that distinguish the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in Europe.

13. The Chaff is winnowed out by the activities of millions of independent actions.: Now that most of the Chaff has been winnowed I hope to be able to concentrate on the wheat.: Time will winnow the wheat from the Chaff but it won't diminish the pleasure of Lane's reviews.: It's easy to fall in love with particular images, even mediocre ones, but with time it also becomes easier to winnow the

14. Randi Weigarten:The problem with the system and the problem across the country is, can you recruit who you want, can you retain the good ones and can you winnow out the ones you want to get rid of?

15. Its unusually named ministry of religion , the " Presidency of Religious Affairs and the Religious Charitable Foundation , " has undertaken a three - year " Hadith Project " systematically to review 162,000 hadith reports and winnow them down to some 10,000 , with the goal of separating original Islam from the accretions of fourteen centuries .