winnow
wi noh
- n the act of separating grain from chaff
the winnowing was done by women - v separate the chaff from by using air currents
She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field - v blow on
The wind was winnowing her hair
the wind winnowed the grass - v select desirable parts from a group or list
winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants - v blow away or off with a current of air
winnow chaff
- For the next few days the chief problem of correspondents was to winnow truth from fable in untold rumors (flourishing in Sweden in particular) of expeditions, battles, disasters.
- Simmons has given herself a six-month deadline to winnow her stuff to 100 things--or at least 100 categories of things.
- Things were getting so tough that the host committee, trying to winnow Hollywood's must-be-seen-there thousands down to a sociable 400, flatly decided to discriminate against .