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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Winnow \Win"now\, v. i.
To separate chaff from grain.
Winnow not with every wind. --Ecclus. v.
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資料來源 : WordNet®
winnow
n : the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was
done by women" [syn: {winnowing}, {sifting}]
v 1: separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all
day in the field" [syn: {fan}]
2: blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"
3: treat by exposure to a current of air so that waste matter
is eliminated; "winnow grain"
4: remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff"