winnow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of separating grain from chaff
the winnowing was done by women
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
separate the chaff from by using air currents
She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field
Types & categories
- sift hypernym
Related & opposite
- winnow derivation
Sense 3 verb
blow on
The wind was winnowing her hair
Types & categories
- fan hypernym
Sense 4 verb
select desirable parts from a group or list
cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence
Types & categories
- choose hypernym
Sense 5 verb
blow away or off with a current of air
winnow chaff
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sift |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | winnow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | winnow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sift |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fan |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |