winnow

(Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
3. (literary, transitive) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
4. (dated, intransitive, literary) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

Noun

1. That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
2. The act of winnowing

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɪnoʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: winewen

Ereditato da inglese antico: windwian

Affine tedesco medio alto: winden

Affine islandese: vinsa

Affine latino: vannus

In summary

From Middle English winewen, windewen, windwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-West Germanic *windwōn, from Proto-Germanic *windwōną, *winþijaną (“to throw about, winnow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wē- (“to winnow, thresh”). Cognate with Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van.

Concetti

mondare

vagliare

ventilare

sventagliare

vagliatura

spulare

fare aria

scegliere

fare ventilare

selezionare

scartare

sinonimi

sift

fan

screen

cull

strain

sieve

winnowing

sifting

shake

🫨

sift through

prefer

analyze

select

choose

ventilate

blow

cull out

elect

sort

pick up

take apart

tear down

thresh

throw

toss

vet

whiff

wind

make fly

pour off

sieve out

strain off

blow apart

screening

pour out slowly

throw in air

repound

analyse

anatomize

beckon

blast

breathe

breeze

canvass

demount

examine

flap

flutter

parse

riddle

Traduzioni

vanner

aventar

van

trier

yaba

worfeln

wannen

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