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winnowing
Overview of noun winnowing
The noun winnowing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. winnow, winnowing, sifting -- (the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women")
Overview of verb winnow
The verb winnow has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) winnow, fan -- (separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field")
2. winnow -- (blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass")
3. cull out, winnow -- (select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants")
4. winnow -- (blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun winnowing
1 sense of winnowing
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
=> separation
=> sorting
=> grouping
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun winnowing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun winnowing
1 sense of winnowing
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
=> separation
Antonyms of noun winnowing
Member Holonyms of noun winnowing
Substance Holonyms of noun winnowing
Part Holonyms of noun winnowing
Member Meronyms of noun winnowing
Substance Meronyms of noun winnowing
Part Meronyms of noun winnowing
Meronyms of noun winnowing
Holonyms of noun winnowing
Attributes of noun winnowing
Derived Forms of noun winnowing
1 sense of winnowing
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
RELATED TO>(verb) winnow#1
=> winnow, fan
Domain of noun winnowing
Domain Terms of noun winnowing
Familiarity of noun winnowing
winnowing used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun winnowing
1 sense of winnowing
Sense 1
winnow, winnowing, sifting
> separation
=> threshing
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
Meronyms of noun winnowing
1 sense of winnowing
Holonyms of noun winnowing
Grep of noun winnowing
winnowing
Antonyms of verb winnow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb winnow
4 senses of winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 2
winnow
=> fan
=> shake, agitate
=> move
Sense 3
cull out, winnow
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 4
winnow
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb winnow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb winnow
4 senses of winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
Sense 2
winnow
=> fan
Sense 3
cull out, winnow
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 4
winnow
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
'Cause To' of verb winnow
Derived Forms of verb winnow
1 of 4 senses of winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
RELATED TO>(noun) winnow#1
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
RELATED TO>(noun) winnowing#1
=> winnow, winnowing, sifting
Domain of verb winnow
Domain Terms of verb winnow
Familiarity of verb winnow
winnow used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb winnow
4 senses of winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
winnow
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
cull out, winnow
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
winnow
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb winnow
4 senses of winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
> sift, sieve, strain
=> rice
=> resift
=> riddle, screen
=> winnow, fan
Sense 2
winnow
> fan
=> winnow
Sense 3
cull out, winnow
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 4
winnow
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb winnow
Sense 1
winnow, fan
=> sift, sieve, strain
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Sense 2
winnow
=> fan
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Sense 3
cull out, winnow
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 4
winnow
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Grep of verb winnow
winnow
winnow out
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