Assertion: winnow | /r/HasProperty | the act
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text: winnow n 1: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women" [syn: winnow, winnowing, sifting] v 1: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan] 2: blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass" 3: 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" [syn: cull out, winnow] 4: blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff" Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0: