Antonyms for winnow
ˈwɪn oʊwin·now

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1. winnow

   Antonyms:
   confuse, amalgamate, confound, intermix

   Synonyms:
   sift, simplify, eliminate, disencumber, sort

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1. winnow, winnowing, siftingverb

   the act of separating grain from chaff

   "the winnowing was done by women"

   Synonyms:
   sifting, winnowing

2. winnow, fanverb

   separate the chaff from by using air currents

   "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

3. winnowverb

   blow on

   "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

4. cull out, winnowverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

5. winnowverb

   blow away or off with a current of air

   "winnow chaff"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

How to use winnow in a sentence?

1. David Bernhardt:

   We're at step one, not step seven, the entire planning process is supposed to do this: start out big and winnow down.

2. David Bernhardt:

   The entire planning process is supposed to do this: start out big and winnow down.

3. Shannon Beckham:

   The DNC is using polling to winnow the field even further, when its voters and caucus-goers who should be determining our nominee.

4. Tom Barrack:

   Nobody should count him out of the race. Strong, thoughtful, considerate, powerful, experienced -- a long shot for sure in Democratic circles, but as the other candidates start to winnow out, you never can tell what happens.

5. Jim Bell:

   You can’t scoop everywhere, it takes weeks to do those activities, so you have to winnow places down using the cameras. Their resolution and color capability help identify the best possible places.

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