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This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.
Jean Froissart

Meaning of "winnow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WINNOW

Old English windwian; related to Old High German wintōn, Gothic diswinthjan, Latin ventilāre.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WINNOW

winnow  [ˈwɪnəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINNOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Winnow is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb winnow in English.

WHAT DOES WINNOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

winnow

Winnowing

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. Threshing, the loosening of grain or seeds from the husks and straw, is the step in the chaff-removal process that comes before winnowing. "Winnowing the chaff" is a common expression. In its simplest form it involves throwing the mixture into the air so that the wind blows away the lighter chaff, while the heavier grains fall back down for recovery. Techniques included using a winnowing fan or using a tool on a pile of harvested grain. Winnowing can also describe the natural removal of fine material from a coarser sediment by wind or flowing water, analogous to the agricultural separation of wheat from chaff.

Definition of winnow in the English dictionary

The first definition of winnow in the dictionary is to separate from by means of a wind or current of air. Other definition of winnow is to examine in order to select the desirable elements. Winnow is also to beat with wings.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WINNOW

PRESENT

Present
I winnow
you winnow
he/she/it winnows
we winnow
you winnow
they winnow
Present continuous
I am winnowing
you are winnowing
he/she/it is winnowing
we are winnowing
you are winnowing
they are winnowing
Present perfect
I have winnowed
you have winnowed
he/she/it has winnowed
we have winnowed
you have winnowed
they have winnowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been winnowing
you have been winnowing
he/she/it has been winnowing
we have been winnowing
you have been winnowing
they have been winnowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I winnowed
you winnowed
he/she/it winnowed
we winnowed
you winnowed
they winnowed
Past continuous
I was winnowing
you were winnowing
he/she/it was winnowing
we were winnowing
you were winnowing
they were winnowing
Past perfect
I had winnowed
you had winnowed
he/she/it had winnowed
we had winnowed
you had winnowed
they had winnowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been winnowing
you had been winnowing
he/she/it had been winnowing
we had been winnowing
you had been winnowing
they had been winnowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will winnow
you will winnow
he/she/it will winnow
we will winnow
you will winnow
they will winnow
Future continuous
I will be winnowing
you will be winnowing
he/she/it will be winnowing
we will be winnowing
you will be winnowing
they will be winnowing
Future perfect
I will have winnowed
you will have winnowed
he/she/it will have winnowed
we will have winnowed
you will have winnowed
they will have winnowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been winnowing
you will have been winnowing
he/she/it will have been winnowing
we will have been winnowing
you will have been winnowing
they will have been winnowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would winnow
you would winnow
he/she/it would winnow
we would winnow
you would winnow
they would winnow
Conditional continuous
I would be winnowing
you would be winnowing
he/she/it would be winnowing
we would be winnowing
you would be winnowing
they would be winnowing
Conditional perfect
I would have winnow
you would have winnow
he/she/it would have winnow
we would have winnow
you would have winnow
they would have winnow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been winnowing
you would have been winnowing
he/she/it would have been winnowing
we would have been winnowing
you would have been winnowing
they would have been winnowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you winnow
we let´s winnow
you winnow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to winnow
Past participle
winnowed
Present Participle
winnowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINNOW


amino
əˈmaɪnəʊ
dino
ˈdaɪnəʊ
lino
ˈlaɪnəʊ
minnow
ˈmɪnəʊ
moineau
ˈmɔɪnəʊ
polyomino
ˌpɒlɪˈɒmɪnəʊ
relleno
rəˈljeɪnəʊ
rhino
ˈraɪnəʊ
Stalino
ˈstɑːlɪnəʊ
stratovolcano
ˌstrætəʊvɒlˈkeɪnəʊ
Taino
ˈtaɪnəʊ
topminnow
ˈtɒpˌmɪnəʊ
Trasimeno
ˌtrɑːzɪˈmeɪnəʊ
tromino
ˈtrɒmɪnəʊ
volcano
vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ
wino
ˈwaɪnəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINNOW

winnard
Winnebago
winned
winner
winner´s circle
winner´s enclosure
Winnie-the-Pooh
winning
winning gallery
winning opening
winning post
winningly
winningness
winnings
Winnipeg
Winnipeg couch
Winnipegger
Winnipegosis
winnock
winnower

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINNOW

acknow
anow
Devon minnow
don´t know
for now
glory-of-the-snow
gnow
hard-packed snow
here and now
in the know
just now
know
Lucknow
need-to-know
now
now-now
powder snow
snow
you know
you never know

Synonyms and antonyms of winnow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WINNOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «winnow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of winnow
divide · fan · separate · sift

Translation of «winnow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINNOW

Find out the translation of winnow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of winnow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «winnow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aventar
570 millions of speakers

English

winnow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फटकना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غربلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

веять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

winnow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vanner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kilat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

winnow
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ふるい落とさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Winnow
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quạt lúa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூற்றுவாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाखडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yabalamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

winnow
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

winnow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віяти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vântura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεδιαλέγει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sålla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

renske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of winnow

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about winnow

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QUOTES WITH «WINNOW»

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Jean Froissart
This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINNOW»

Discover the use of winnow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to winnow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Algorithmic Learning Theory II
When there is no noise, Winnow is anle to do an excelleat foh of learning confonctioas.+ H there exists a confonction of k attrihotes that corrertly determines earh iahel rereived hy the algorithm as a fonction of the iastance rereived, then the ...
Setsuo Arikawa, Akira Maruoka, T. Sato, 1992
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Improving On-line Learning
Full Name Abbreviated Name Perceptron Per ALMA(2) ALMA(2) ALMA(ln n) ALMA(lnn) Balanced Winnow(1.05) Bal(1.05) Balanced Winnow(1.2) Bal(1.2) Balanced Winnow(1.4) Bal(1.4) Balanced Winnow(1.7) Bal(1.7) Balanced Winnow(2.0) ...
Jon Christian Mesterharm, 2007
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Chocolate, Cocoa and Confectionery: Science and Technology
To obtain a nib with minimum shell and germ content, it is possible to divert the streams of nib and shell from the different winnow exits. The largest nib has the least shell and germ. The germ is a very hard substance, but with modern refining  ...
Bernard W. Minifie, 1989
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Learning Theory: 17th Annual Conference on Learning Theory, ...
Since its introduction Winnow has been intensively studied from both applied and theoretical standpoints (see e.g. [6,12,16,30]). The following theorem (which, as noted in [33], is implicit in Littlestone's analysis in [21]) gives a mistake bound for  ...
John Shawe-Taylor, Yoram Singer, 2004
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Algorithmic Learning Theory: 10th International Conference, ...
An important result in this model is Littlestone's algorithm Winnow for learning small conjunctions (or disjunctions) of boolean attributes when there is a large number n of irrelevant attributes. Winnow maintains a linear threshold functions ...
Osamu Watanabe, Takashi Yokomori, 1999
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Quantum Cryptography and Secret-Key Distillation
The subblock size should be chosen in such a way that it globally reduces the number of errors. An optimization of the subblock sizes for Winnow was also performed by Nguyen [135]. Unlike Cascade, the iterations of Winnow are independent ...
Gilles Van Assche, 2006
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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second ...
We now briefly describe one early algorithm, Winnow of [37], that handles a large number of irrelevant attributes. More specifically, for Winnow, the number of mistakes only growslogarithmicallywiththenumberof irrelevantattributes.
Mikhail J. Atallah, Marina Blanton, 2009
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Learning from Images by Integrating Different Perspectives
for each discrete value. Winnow can be used to efficiently determine which of the 2d half-spaces from among the 2dn possible half-spaces are relevant. 3.3 Multiple-Instance Winnow In this section we describe multiple-instance Winnow ( MI- ...
Sharath Reddy Cholleti, 2008
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Computational Learning Theory: 4th European Conference, ...
Whereas the prior on disjunctions used in Subsection 4.1 was a product of n Bernoulli distributions, the prior we found useful for Normalized Winnow is the n- fold product of a distribution over {1,2,...,n}. Since sampling this prior gives a vector in ...
Paul Fischer, Hans U. Simon, 1999
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Machine Learning in Cyber Trust: Security, Privacy, and ...
Given the observation x , Winnow uses the weight vector to compute a weighted sum. If that sum surpasses the threshold θ , then Winnow predicts the positive class; otherwise, it predicts the negative class. That is, 1 if ; ˆ otherwise . n ii i wx y θ ...
Jeffrey J. P. Tsai, Philip S. Yu, 2009

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINNOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term winnow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Find out who won the Loop's 'Winnow Down' the GOP debates contest
Other debate hosts may want to consider the winning entries to our “Winnow Down” contest, intended to help the GOP figure out how to deal with its 16 ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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Winnow Scores Seed Funding For Its Food Waste Smart Meter
Winnow is on a mission to help the hospitality industry cut down on food waste by making the kitchen 'smarter.' It does this via the Winnow smart meter, a set of ... «TechCrunch, May 15»
3
Lets Winnow the Minnows of 2016
At the rate that new candidates are joining the presidential swim, we're going to need to transfer the campaign out of its traditional koi pond and into one of the ... «Politico, May 15»
4
Former Whitbread boss joins fight against food waste
Alan Parker, the former CEO of leisure giant Whitbread, has taken a minority stake in food waste prevention start-up Winnow, joining its board to aid its mission ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Winnow quantifies and costs kitchen waste
The 11 Restaurant Associates kitchens piloting Winnow Systems' smart meters now know exactly what they're putting in their bins. Kitchen staff use a touch ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Court Winnows Jury Pool in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
The individual interviews that began Thursday were intended to further winnow the pool in a search for 12 jurors and six alternates. Each potential juror sat at the ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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