winnow
winnow is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. Dryden.
- 2.To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. Milton.
- 3.To separate chaff from grain. Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- apart
- aside
- banish
- bar
- bating
- blackball
- cofferdam
- disjoin
- eliminate
- elimination
- except
- exception
- exclude
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exile
- expulsion
- from
- garble
- inadmissible
- included
- lay
- leave
- neglect
- nonadmission
- not
- off
- omission
- omit
- out
- over
- overboard
- pass
- preclusion
- prohibition
- put
- reject
- rejection
- relegate
- repudiate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is winnow.
- What is 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. Dryden called?
- What is to beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. Milton called?
- What is to separate chaff from grain. Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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