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winnowing

 

[ หˆwษชnษ™สŠษชล‹ ]

Noun / Verb
Context #1 | Noun

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.
Context #2 | Verb

figurative

To separate the valuable or useful from the worthless or undesirable.

Synonyms

filter, sift, sort

Examples of usage

  • She spent hours winnowing through the documents to find the important information.
  • The detective had to winnow through the evidence to solve the case.

Translations

Translations of the word "winnowing" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ventilaรงรฃo

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคซเคŸเค•เคจเคพ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Worfeln

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ penampi

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะฒั–ัั‚ะธ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ wietrzenie

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ้ธๅˆฅ (ใ›ใ‚“ในใค)

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท vannage

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ aventado

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท savurma

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ํ‚ค์งˆ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ุบุฑุจู„ุฉ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ vytล™รญdฤ›nรญ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ triedenie

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ็ฐธ็ฎ• (bรฒ jฤซ)

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ prebiranje

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ vindskeiรฐ

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ะตะปะตัƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ’แƒแƒคแƒฅแƒ•แƒ”แƒ•แƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ kรผlษ™ลŸษ™kษ™n

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ aventado

Etymology

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.

Word Frequency Rank

At rank #27,598, this word represents specialized academic or technical vocabulary. It's less frequently encountered but may be valuable in specific contexts.