• Winnowing

    Verb

    1. Present participle of winnow

    Full definition of winnowing

    Noun

    winnowing

    (plural winnowings)
    1. The act of separating chaff from grain.
      • William BridgeIf God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
      • 2007, October 20, Thomas C. Cooper, How Green Is My Garden?, At first I tried to handle the seasonal winnowings with a large three-bin compost device.
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