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winnowwinnow /ˈwɪnoʊ/ verb ETYMOLOGYwinnowOrigin: Old English windwian VERB TABLEwinnow |
Present | I, you, we, they | winnow | | he, she, it | winnows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | winnowed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have winnowed | | he, she, it | has winnowed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had winnowed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will winnow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have winnowed |
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Present | I | am winnowing | | he, she, it | is winnowing | | you, we, they | are winnowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was winnowing | | you, we, they | were winnowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been winnowing | | he, she, it | has been winnowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been winnowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be winnowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been winnowing |
1[intransitive, transitive] (also winnow down) to become smaller, or to make a list, group, or quantity do this, by getting rid of the parts that you do not need or want2[intransitive, transitive] to separate the chaff (=outer part) from grainwinnow something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of the parts of something that you do not need or want |