aussortieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Senses

aussortieren is used for these senses in English:

• sort out (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
• weed out (idiomatic, transitive) To remove (unwanted elements) from a group.
• winnow (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

winnow — full definition

1. verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
2. verb To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
3. verb To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
4. verb To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

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