v.
- blow air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
▸remove (chaff) from grain.
- examine in order to identify the most valuable or useful elements.
▸identify (a valuable or useful element).
- literary (of the wind) blow.
- (of a bird) fan (the air) with its wings.
Derivative
Etymology
OE windwian, from wind (see wind1).