Need another word that means the same as “winnow”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “winnow” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Winnow” are: fan, cull out, separate, divide, sort out, separate out, sift out, filter out, isolate, find, identify, ferret out, sifting, winnowing
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “winnow” as a noun can have the following definitions:
sifting | The action of sifting something. The laborious sifting of evidence took its toll. |
winnowing | The act of separating grain from chaff. The winnowing was done by women. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “winnow” as a verb can have the following definitions:
cull out | Remove something that has been rejected. |
divide | Separate or be separated into parts. Divide 4 into 20. |
fan | Disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area. Norris fanned nine batters with his screwball. |
ferret out | Hunt with ferrets. |
filter out | Pass through. |
find | Make a discovery make a new finding. Did you find your glasses. |
identify | Give the name or identifying characteristics of refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. He was equivocal about being identified too closely with the peace movement. |
isolate | Cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network. The best way to isolate sick fish is to set up a hospital tank. |
separate | Separate into parts or portions. His position separates him from those who might share his interests. |
separate out | Divide into components or constituents. |
sift out | Move as if through a sieve. |
sort out | Examine in order to test suitability. |
bale | The quantity in a bale as a measure specifically in the US 500 lb of cotton. The straw is left on the field to be baled later. |
barley | A grain of barley. |
bean | A leguminous plant that bears beans in pods. There is not a single bean of substance in the report. |
carapace | Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. Under her carapace of self confidence she was very sensitive to criticism. |
cereal | Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. A bowl of cereal. |
chaff | Be silly or tease one another. He hopes to separate scientifically supported claims from pseudoscientific chaff. |
corn | Feed cattle with corn. The film is pure corn. |
crib | The cards discarded by the players at cribbage counting to the dealer. A choir was singing carols by a crib. |
crop | Prepare for crops. The southern areas are cropped in cotton. |
graham | Flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour’ is British usage. A box of graham crackers. |
grain | 1 7000 pound equals a troy grain or 64 799 milligrams. A grain of salt. |
hay | Convert plant material into hay. The grass had all hayed off and gone to seed. |
hull | Remove the hulls from. Hull the berries. |
husk | Remove the husk or husks from. The fibrous husk of the coconut. |
legume | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae. The new diet is high in fruit vegetables and legumes. |
manger | A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed. |
millet | A cereal grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils, bearing a large crop of small seeds which are chiefly used to make flour. |
ovule | A small or immature ovum. |
padding | Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Avoid waffle or padding in your essay. |
petiole | The stalk that joins a leaf to a stem. |
rice | The grains of rice used as food. Riced boiled potatoes. |
rick | Form into a rick or ricks stack. Rick hay. |
shell | Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case. Baked pastry shells filled with cheese. |
shuck | Remove the shucks from. The regime s ability to shuck off its totalitarian characteristics. |
soybean | The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder especially as a replacement for animal protein. |
stack | Fill or cover a place or surface with stacks of things. There s stacks of work for me now. |
stalk | A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. The acorns grow on stalks. |
straw | Of a pale yellow color like straw straw colored. The tramp sat chewing a straw. |
tortilla | Thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour. |
wheat | Grains of common wheat sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal usually ground into flour. |
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