LekhoriLekhoriTo subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
[W]ind began to winnow the river delta's dried sediments.
To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
They winnowed the field to twelve.
To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
The light snow lay on the narrow and winding path before them, pure as if just fresh winnowed by the wind.
That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
The act of winnowing
From Middle English wyndwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-West Germanic *windwōn, from Proto-Germanic *windwōną, *winþijaną (“to throw about, winnow”), from Prot...
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