winnowing
present participle ofwinnow
| 单词 | winnowing |
| 释义 | winnowing present 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
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less Examplesofwinnowingwinnowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Flooring the barrancos are boulder and cobble gravel lags due to thewinnowingof finer material. From theCambridge English Corpus Quantities of cereals, pulses, and residues produced on each plot were weighed after threshing andwinnowingat the end of the season. From theCambridge English Corpus It is my impression that less time was spent on such activities aswinnowing, levigating, and burnishing. From theCambridge English Corpus In this region, women are also more involved in threshing andwinnowingsmall grains, and (together with their male partners) in planting, harvesting and threshing. From theCambridge English Corpus Yetwinnowingfrequently occurs without the presence of a classic momentum candidate. From theCambridge English Corpus We postulate that this process reflects the furtherwinnowingof the multiple-problem group from less deviant groups of males during adolescence. From theCambridge English Corpus There is, in short, no evidence of awinnowingprocess, hence little evidence of a talent-matching process. From theCambridge English Corpus Routes were distributed where they would be most profitable,winnowingthe department's deficit so that it could credibly take other policy initiatives to the public. From theCambridge English Corpus The first several episodes deal with the audition process and thewinnowingdown to the five boys from successive ranks first of twenty-five hopefuls, then of eight. From theCambridge English Corpus Wheat harvesting involved two separate activities : reaping and the related task of threshing andwinnowing. From theCambridge English Corpus Usually, however, economists have recognized that it is implausible to treat all existing preferences as on a par for normative purposes, and have recommended at least somewinnowingor correcting. From theCambridge English Corpus That is why thewinnowingprocess has been rigorous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whateverwinnowingprocess is adopted to sift the chaff from the grain, it is bound to be arbitrary and unsatisfactory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A way forward can often be found bywinnowingout those items which are genuinely confidential, firmly making it known that they are such. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the result of a very careful process of thewinnowingof all possible suggestions for dealing with a matter of the greatest difficulty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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