what do you mean by winnowing
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winnow
/ˈwɪnəʊ/
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verb
gerund or present participle: winnowing
1.
blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
"a combine cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain in one operation"
remove (chaff) from grain.
"women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice"
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separate
divide
sort out
remove
get rid of
remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left.
"guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers"
find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something).
"amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth"
Similar:
separate out
sift out
filter out
isolate
sort out
find
identify
ferret out
2.
LITERARY
(of the wind) blow.
"the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass"
(of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings.
"the emperors of the sky winnowing the air"
Answer:
- It is a process coming after threshing.
- Winnowing is a process in which we separate grain from chaff with the help of wind.
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