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Meanings of winnowing in inglés
Sinónimos
Examples for "sifting"
Examples for "sifting"
1
We need more data from the body before we can start sifting.'
2
There were too many people in Madras interested in sifting the facts.
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The following is the result of the sifting test of this sand:
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The wagon lumbered away with the sifting dust gushing from the wheels.
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The panel could start sifting through the paperwork as early as September.
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Stars can also be used to winnow which reviews you need to read.
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Only having taken it in, we do winnow and sift it.
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Thus did our superintendent winnow the chaff from the wheat continually.
4
Selling OneMain would allow Citigroup to winnow Citi Holdings even further.
5
Meekly, she spoke, Our people, Prometheus, they winnow into the winds.
Usage of winnowing in inglés
1
His thoughts whirled around in his mind like chaff in a winnowing-machine.
2
This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment.
3
They scattered, as the chronicles record, like chaff from the winnowing fan.
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The left hand holding a scoop for winnowing corn; the other points upwards.
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The winnowing of grain is conducted in the most slovenly manner.
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Citigroup Inc C.N management also faced questions about winnowing operating leverage.
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The mystic winnowing-fan, encircled by Serpents, was used in the feasts of Bacchus.
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Butel-Dumont describes the sieves and winnowing fans of the Louisiana Indians.
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But the caucuses serve a valuable role in winnowing the field.
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Around the winnowing tray are set all the requisites for a plenteous meal.
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It's a matter of ruling out possibilities and winnowing out suspects.
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The hands caught his sides, saw-blade nails winnowing into the flesh.
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Or else a filter sieves the cosmos, winnowing those who climb too high.
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Well, after that, Ischomachus, we will proceed to cleanse the corn by winnowing.
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But without soul, alas what winnowing-machine in human elections, can be of avail?
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Ploughs, waggons, threshing-sledges, harrows, baskets, hurdles, winnowing-fans are the farmer's implements.
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Winnowing through the time
Winnowing across language varieties
United Kingdom
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