winnow
/ˈwɪnəʊ/verb
उच्चारण विनो
(अनाज) ओसाना, फटकना, भूसा अलग करना
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verb
- 1
[T] ~ sth
to blow air through grain in order to remove its outer covering (called chaff)
(अनाज) ओसाना, फटकना, भूसा अलग करना
- The women winnowed the rice in bamboo baskets.
- 2
[T] ~ sb/sth (down) (to sth) formal
to reduce the number of people or things in a group by removing the ones that are less useful or less good
छाँटना, छँटनी करना, (कम उपयोगी को) अलग करना
- The list of 200 applicants has been winnowed down to ten.
- to winnow out the weaker candidates
◇Word family
winnowing noun
§Grammar and usage
Separate the wheat from the chaff, that is, separate useful people or things from useless ones, comes from winnowing.
Idiom separate the wheat from the chaff, यानी उपयोगी लोगों या चीज़ों को बेकार से अलग करना, winnowing से ही आया है।