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Meaning:
Noun:
- That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
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Verb:
- literary|dated To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.
- figurative To separate, sift, analyze, or test in this manner.
- literary To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
- transitive To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
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