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winnow::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sifting, winnowing |
| Type of | separation |
the winnowing was done by women.
Examples of winnow
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How, though, do you winnow to five the thousands of public companies that exist?
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So the state now drafts plans to winnow Ohio's deer population through hunting.
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Comments taken Thursday night will help winnow the eight zones to four in June.
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Well, the way to winnow through all the differing contentions is to be skeptical.
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Repeatedly winnow down to the ones where you have a true competitive advantage.
From the forbes.com
After this weekend, Cherington intends to winnow the list to a group of finalists.
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Jury selection will winnow that number down to 12 jurors and two alternates.
From the kentucky.com
He began to winnow the list of those possible extraordinary circumstances Wednesday.
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It also sounds like a great way to winnow out the miscreants you might meet in a bar.
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- The act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
- Separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
- Blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
- Cull out: 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"
- Blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"
- The winnow algorithm is a technique from machine learning for learning a linear classifier from labeled examples. It is very similar to the perceptron algorithm. ...
- Wind winnowing is an agricultural method developed by ancient cultures for separating grain from chaff. It is also used to remove weevils or other pests from stored grain. ...
- (The Winnowing) "The Winnowing" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story was written at the request of William Levinson, editor of the US publication Physician's World, but when the latter ceased publication, the story was returned to the author, who then sold it to Analog. ...
- (Winnowing) The process of removing the outer husk of the cacao bean to release the inner nibs during the manufacturing of chocolate.
