| NOUN | act | sifting, winnow, winnowing | the act of separating grain from chaff |
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| Sounds | sih'ftihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of separating grain from chaff. | |
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| Synonyms | winnow, winnowing | |
| Broader | separation | sorting one thing from others |
| Spanish | acribadura, apaleo, aventamiento, cernido, cernidura, criba | |
| Catalan | cernuda, garbellament, garbell, porgada | |
| Verbs | sift | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
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