Dictionary

winnowing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The act of separating chaff from grain.
   • At first I tried to handle the seasonal winnowings with a large three-bin compost device. 2007 October 20, Thomas C. Cooper, “How Green Is My Garden?”, in New York Times:
   • If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted? 1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon)

Forms

Coordinates

threshing

Synonyms

fanning

wikidata: Q961751

winnowing en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of winnow
   form of winnow

Deriveds

winnowing-fan · winnowing mill · winnowing fork · winnowing basket · winnowing-shovel · winnower · winnowing-fork · winnowing machine · winnowing shovel · winnowing fan

Relateds

fanning mill

Translations (10)

ta தட்டுப்புடை (act of separating chaff from grain) · scn cèrniri (act of separating chaff from grain) · pl wianie (act of separating chaff from grain) · ta புடை (act of separating chaff from grain) · fa بوجاری (act of separating chaff from grain) · mk веење (act of separating chaff from grain) · fi viskaaminen (act of separating chaff from grain) · sv tröska (act of separating chaff from grain) · kix ūivā (act of separating chaff from grain) · ru веяние (act of separating chaff from grain)