Kelime: win·now Söyleniş:'wi-(")nO İşlev:verb Kökeni: Middle English winewen, from Old English windwian to fan, winnow; akin to Old High German wintOn to fan, Latin vannus winnowing fan, ventus wind -- more at WIND transitive senses 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 outwinnow out certain inaccuracies -- Stanley Walker b (1) : SEPARATE, SIFT an old hand at winnowing 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 3 : to blow on : FAN the wind winnowing his thin white hair -- Time intransitive senses 1 : to separate chaff from grain by fanning 2 : to separate desirable and undesirable elements - win·now·er /'wi-n&-w&r/ noun
