Winnowing: meaning, definitions and examples
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winnowing
[ หwษชnษสษชล ]
agriculture
The process of separating the chaff from the grain by means of a current of air.
Synonyms
filtering, separating, sorting
Examples of usage
- Winnowing is an important step in the harvest process.
- The winnowing machine helped to automate the separation of chaff and grain.
- Farmers used to winnow by hand, but now they use machines for efficiency.
Translations
Translations of the word "winnowing" in other languages:
๐ต๐น ventilaรงรฃo
๐ฎ๐ณ เคซเคเคเคจเคพ
๐ฉ๐ช Worfeln
๐ฎ๐ฉ penampi
๐บ๐ฆ ะฒัััะธ
๐ต๐ฑ wietrzenie
๐ฏ๐ต ้ธๅฅ (ใใในใค)
๐ซ๐ท vannage
๐ช๐ธ aventado
๐น๐ท savurma
๐ฐ๐ท ํค์ง
๐ธ๐ฆ ุบุฑุจูุฉ
๐จ๐ฟ vytลรญdฤnรญ
๐ธ๐ฐ triedenie
๐จ๐ณ ็ฐธ็ฎ (bรฒ jฤซ)
๐ธ๐ฎ prebiranje
๐ฎ๐ธ vindskeiรฐ
๐ฐ๐ฟ ะตะปะตั
๐ฌ๐ช แแแคแฅแแแแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ kรผlษลษkษn
๐ฒ๐ฝ aventado
Word origin
The word 'winnowing' has its origins in Old English, where 'windwian' meant to fan or blow. The process of winnowing has been used for centuries in agriculture to separate grain from chaff, allowing for the collection of the valuable grain. Over time, the term has also been used metaphorically to describe the act of separating the important from the unimportant in a broader sense.