Word Meanings - WINNOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley

Additional info about word: WINNOW

comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. Ruth. iii. 2. 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as had from good. Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. Dryden. 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings. Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WINNOW)

• Sift
• Screen
• analyze
• scrutinize
• robe
• examine critically
• investigate
• winnow
• sort

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of WINNOW)

• Open
• expose
• surrender
• betray
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute

Related words: (words related to WINNOW)

• PROSECUTE
  To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. Blackstone. (more info) 1. To follow after. Latimer.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• WINNOW
  comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• CRITICALLY
  1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• ANALYZER
  The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, analyzes.
• BETRAYAL
  The act or the result of betraying.
• EXPOSE
  1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
• WINNOWING
  The act of one who, or that which, winnows.
• ANALYZE
  To subject to analysis; to resolve into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to
• SURRENDEROR
  One who makes a surrender, as of an estate. Bouvier.
• EXAGGERATED
  Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.
• EXAGGERATE
  up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring 1. To heap up; to accumulate. "Earth exaggerated upon them ." Sir M. Hale. 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to
• AGGRAVATE
  1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. "To aggravate thy store." Shak. 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope.
• BETRAYMENT
  Betrayal. Udall.
• BETRAY
  1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt.
• EXAMINEE
  A person examined.
• EXAMINER
  One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
• EXAMINE
  1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination,
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• CROSS-EXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• SURRENDER
  To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion. (more info) 1. To yield to the power
• BESCREEN
  To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.
• REEXAMINE
  To examine anew. Hooker.
• CROSS-EXAMINE
  To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. "The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses." Kent.
• OVEREXPOSE
  To expose excessively; specif. ,