winnow

winnow is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To separate chaff from grain. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To separate chaff from grain.
2. noun. the act of separating grain from chaff

   "the winnowing was done by women"

   Synonyms: sifting, winnowing

3. verb. blow away or off with a current of air

   "winnow chaff"

4. verb. 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"

5. verb. separate the chaff from by using air currents

   "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

   Synonyms: fan

6. verb. blow on

   "The wind was winnowing her hair"

   "the wind winnowed the grass"

Synonyms

sifting, winnowing, fan

Common word forms

winnows, winnowed, winnower, winnowing

Words from these letters

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