HyperDic: winnowing

English > 1 sense of the word *winnowing*:
NOUN	act	winnowing, winnow, sifting	the act of separating grain from chaff

winnowing > pronunciation
Sounds	wih'now.ihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *winnowing*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of separating grain from chaff.
Example	"the winnowing was done by women"
Synonyms	winnow, sifting
Broader	separation	sorting one thing from others
Spanish	acribadura, apaleo, aventamiento, cernido, cernidura, criba
Catalan	cernuda, garbellament, garbell, porgada
Verbs	winnow	separate the chaff from by using air currents