Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to winnow
Participle: winnowed
Gerund: winnowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | winnow |
| you | winnow |
| he;she;it | winnows |
| we | winnow |
| you | winnow |
| they | winnow |
Perfect
| I | have winnowed |
| you | have winnowed |
| he;she;it | has winnowed |
| we | have winnowed |
| you | have winnowed |
| they | have winnowed |
Past
| I | winnowed |
| you | winnowed |
| he;she;it | winnowed |
| we | winnowed |
| you | winnowed |
| they | winnowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had winnowed |
| you | had winnowed |
| he;she;it | had winnowed |
| we | had winnowed |
| you | had winnowed |
| they | had winnowed |
Future
| I | will winnow |
| you | will winnow |
| he;she;it | will winnow |
| we | will winnow |
| you | will winnow |
| they | will winnow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have winnowed |
| you | will have winnowed |
| he;she;it | will have winnowed |
| we | will have winnowed |
| you | will have winnowed |
| they | will have winnowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | winnow |
| you | winnow |
| he;she;it | winnow |
| we | winnow |
| you | winnow |
| they | winnow |
Perfect
| I | have winnowed |
| you | have winnowed |
| he;she;it | have winnowed |
| we | have winnowed |
| you | have winnowed |
| they | have winnowed |
Imperfect
| I | winnowed |
| you | winnowed |
| he;she;it | winnowed |
| we | winnowed |
| you | winnowed |
| they | winnowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had winnowed |
| you | had winnowed |
| he;she;it | had winnowed |
| we | had winnowed |
| you | had winnowed |
| they | had winnowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would winnow |
| you | would winnow |
| he;she;it | would winnow |
| we | would winnow |
| you | would winnow |
| they | would winnow |
Perfect
| I | would have winnowed |
| you | would have winnowed |
| he;she;it | would have winnowed |
| we | would have winnowed |
| you | would have winnowed |
| they | would have winnowed |
Imperative
| you | winnow |
| we | Let's winnow |
| you | winnow |
Verbs conjugated like 'winnow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'winnow'
minnow,
window,
winnew,
indow,
innew,
widow,
willow,
windrow,
acknow,
annoy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
windwian, from
wind "air in motion, paring down," see wind (n.). Cognate with O.N.
vinza, O.H.G.
winton "to fan, winnow," Goth.
diswinþjan "to throw (grain) apart," L.
vannus "winnowing fan."
2. From Middle English wyndwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-West Germanic *windwōn, from Proto-Germanic *windwōną, *winþijaną (“to throw about, winnow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wē- (“to winnow, thresh”). Cognate with West Frisian wynje (“to winnow”), dialectal Dutch winden, winnen (“to winnow”), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van. See: Middle English '
wyndwen', Old English '
windwian', Dutch '
winden', Middle High German '
winden', Icelandic '
vinsa'.
Sample Sentences
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By Jacob Behel, of Mifflintown, Pa.,—Improvement in winnowing Machines, Patented August 21, 1847. [1847, editorial staff, “Winnowing Machines”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:]
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[W]ind began to winnow the river delta's dried sediments. [1998 January 3, Sid Perkins, “Thin Skin”, in Science News, volume 165, number 1, page 11:]
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They winnowed the field to twelve.
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They winnowed the winners from the losers.
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They winnowed the losers from the winners.
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The light snow lay on the narrow and winding path before them, pure as if just fresh winnowed by the wind. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 206:]
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Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build; the feet are larger and more ambulatorial, the wings are shorter and not so thin; the birds winnow the air in a steady course unlike the buoyant dashing flight of their relatives. [1872, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds:]