Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - winnow
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(winnows, winnowing, winnowed) 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. (LITERARY) Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English winewen, from Old English windwian to fan, ~; akin to Old High German winton to fan, Latin vannus ~ing fan, ventus wind — more at wind Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to remove (as chaff) by a current of air (2) to get rid of (something undesirable or unwanted) ; remove — often used with out ~ out certain inaccuracies — Stanley Walker b. (1) separate, sift an old hand at ~ing what is true and significant — Oscar Lewis (2) select 2. a. to treat (as grain) by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter is eliminated b. to free of unwanted or inferior elements ; pare c. narrow, reduce ~ed the field to four contenders 3. to blow on ; fan the wind ~ing his thin white hair — Time intransitive verb 1. to separate chaff from grain by fanning 2. to separate desirable and undesirable elements • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1580 1. a device for ~ing 2. a. the action of ~ing b. a motion resembling that of ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 blow (grain) free of chaff etc. by an air-current. 2 (foll. by out, away, from, etc.) get rid of (chaff etc.) from grain. 3 a sift, separate; clear of refuse or inferior specimens. b sift or examine (evidence for falsehood etc.). c clear, sort, or weed out (rubbish etc.). 4 poet. a fan (the air with wings). b flap (wings). c stir (the hair etc.). Derivatives winnower n. (in senses 1, 2). Etymology: OE windwian (as WIND(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. веялка 2. веять (зерно); отвеивать (мякину; также winnow away, winnow out) 3. отсеивать, удалять (также winnow away, winnow out) 4. отделять, просеивать to winnow truth from falsehood —- отделить правду от вымысла to winnow candidates —- отбирать кандидатов 5. взмахивать крыльями 6. развевать (о ветре) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) веять (зерно); отвеивать (мякину; тж. winnow out, winnow away, winnow from) 2) отсеивать (тж. winnow out, winnow away); разбирать, проверять 3) poet. махать (крыльями) ...Англо-русский словарь
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