<span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">winnows</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, simple past and...
<span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">winnowed</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">winnows</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>...
sort the wheat <span class="searchmatch">from</span> the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> the wheat <span class="searchmatch">from</span> the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> The figurative sense is by extension <span class="searchmatch">from</span> the literal sense, which...
<span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span>-shovel <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> shovel (plural <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> shovels) A shovel used to <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> rice or <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>. shovel used to <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> — see also winnowing...
<span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> basket (plural <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> baskets) A basket used to <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> rice or <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>. basket used to <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> fan <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> basket...
as <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>. Synonym: wind 1998 January 3, Sid Perkins, “Thin Skin”, in Science News, volume 165, number 1, page 11: [W]ind began to <span class="searchmatch">winnow</span> the...
(ptúon) or <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> fan. Any fan device, including those electrically powered, used in <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span>. fan used to separate <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span> <span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> basket...
<span class="searchmatch">winnowing</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">winnowings</span>) The act of separating <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> <span class="searchmatch">from</span> <span class="searchmatch">grain</span>. 1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon) If God doth suffer his own people and...