winnow
That which winnows or which is used in winnowingThat which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
» She stored blankets in an old winnowing-basket.
Meaning
2 sensesThat which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
ве́ялкаvéjalka
віялкаvijalka
The act of winnowing
the act of separating grain from chaff
Examples
1 sentencesShe stored blankets in an old winnowing-basket.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wyndwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), fromFrom Middle English wyndwen, 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 West Frisian wynje (“to winnow”), dialectal Dutch winden, winnen (“to winnow”), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van.
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