winnowed
past simple and past participle ofwinnow
winnow
verb[T]
uk/ˈwɪn.əʊ/us/ˈwɪn.oʊ/toblowthechaff(= theoutercoverings)fromgrainbefore it can be used asfood
formal
toreducealargenumberofpeopleor things to a muchsmallernumberbyjudgingtheirquality:
Alistof 15applicantshas been winnoweddown tothree.
a winnowingprocess
Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
- core
- hull
- pare
- peel
- pit
- pitted
- seed
- seeded
- shell
- shelling
- shuck
- skinless
- spud bashing
- stone
- stoned
- top
- top and tailidiom
- winnow
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Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesofwinnowed
winnowed
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The initial story is the same as in simple one-step selection, but after the initial variation iswinnoweddown, the process is repeated.
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After the weaker candidates arewinnowed, the surviving candidates remain in the race until one candidate pulls sufficiently ahead to secure the nomination.
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The major candidates arewinnowedto one during the primary season.
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In the detection step, the suspects arewinnowedby checking the spelling variations of each for relatedness to context.
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However, should the group selected as cyclic show some distinctive behaviour pattern, we might well conclude that the basis for selection hadwinnowedout a non-random group.
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I think that many of these complaints would bewinnowedout and put to sleep and the officer's reputation and his own personal feelings of self-confidence would be considerably improved.
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It is threshed andwinnowedafter being dried for approximately one week.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By this simple process, corn may be cut down,winnowed, ground, dried, and baked within half an hour.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Part of the rice harvest is grilled, ground, andwinnowed, a ritual preparation for the upcoming celebration.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They include on-farm losses, such as when grain is threshed,winnowedand dried, as well as losses along the chain during transportation, storage and processing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The husks may be ground with the seeds, orwinnowedaway after the initial crushing; whole-grain mustard retains some unground or partially ground mustard seeds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once the grain waswinnowed, it was ground using a millstone, to create flour.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes it needed to bewinnowedseveral times.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This process typically utilizes a broad, plate-shaped basket, or similar receptacle for holding and collecting thewinnowedgrain as it falls back down.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Any unwanted cherries or other material notwinnowedaway can be picked out from the top of the sieve.
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- upper floor
- upper garment
- upper half
- upper-hand
- upper house
- upper-house
- upper income
- upper jaw
- upper layer
- upper leaf
- upper leg
- upper level
- upper limb
- upper limit
- upper management
- upper mantle
- upper-middle-class family
- uppermost
- uppermost layer
- upper panel
- upper part
- upper parts
- upper-parts
- upper petal
- upper portion