From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2006]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from
[en]. Cognate with [gmh], [is], [la]. See [en], [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] [en] To subject ( granular material , especially food grain ) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components , as grain from chaff .
2. * [en]
3. [en] [en] To separate , sift , analyse [,] or test by separating items having different values.
4. [en] [en] To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wing s.
5. * [volume=II]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To move about with a flap ping motion, as of wing s; to flutter .
**** Usage notes
- Used with adverb or preposition "down"; see also winnow down .
- Used with adverbs or prepositions "through", "away", and "out".
**** Hyponyms
- winnow down
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en |winnow grain from chaff |winnow sheet |winnow the wheat from the
chaff |winnower|winnow up |winnowing basket |winnowing fan |winnowing fork
|winnowing machine |winnowing shovel }}
**** Translations
[to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] [technical] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Khün: [kkh]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lü: [khb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj] , [zdj]
- Northern Thai: [nod]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc] , [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: [orv]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Shan: [shn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Southern Altai: [alt] , [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta] , [ta]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Yoruba: [yo] , [yo]
[trans-bottom]
[figuratively: to separate, sift, analyze, test]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
2. The act of winnowing
**** Translations
[something that winnows]
- Ainu: [ain]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kunigami: [xug]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Miyako: [mvi]
- Northern Amami Ōshima: [ryn]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Okinawan: [ryu]
- Okinoerabu: [okn]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tokunoshima: [tkn]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Yaeyama: [rys]
- Yonaguni: [yoi]
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*** References
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:OneLook]