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| Käännös | Konteksti |
|---|
| Verbit |
| 1. | | vanhahtava, kirjakieli |
| 2. | | maatalous, vanhahtava, kirjakieli |
| 3. | | |
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
- (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse or test by separating items having different values.
- (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
- (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
Substantiivit
- That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
- The act of winnowing
Esimerkit
- ...wind began to winnow the river delta's dried sediments.
- They winnowed the field to twelve.
- They winnowed the winners from the losers.
- They winnowed the losers from the winners.
- Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build; the feet are larger and more ambulatorial, the wings are shorter and not so thin; the birds winnow the air in a steady course unlike the buoyant dashing flight of their relatives.
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