What part of speech is winnowed?

Winnowed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. winnowed is a verb, past participle of winnow (infinitive).
  • 2. winnowed is a verb, past simple of winnow (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does winnowed mean?

Definitions

Verb

winnow - separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"
winnow - blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
winnow - 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"

Examples of winnowed

#   Sentence  
1. verb Winnow chaff.
2. verb Winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants.
3. verb I can play well on the pipe, I can prune vines, I can dig, I can plant, I can plough, and I can winnow.
4. verb I can play well on the pipe, I can prune vines, I can dig, I can plant, I can plough, and I can winnow.
Sentence  
verb
Winnow chaff.
Winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants.
I can play well on the pipe, I can prune vines, I can dig, I can plant, I can plough, and I can winnow.
I can play well on the pipe, I can prune vines, I can dig, I can plant, I can plough, and I can winnow.

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