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wiać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Senses

wiać is used for these senses in English:

  • blow (intransitive) To produce an air current.
  • winnow (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

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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