"winnow the wheat from the chaff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: winnows the wheat from the chaff [present, singular, third-person], winnowing the wheat from the chaff [participle, present], winnowed the wheat from the chaff [participle, past], winnowed the wheat from the chaff [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} winnow the wheat from the chaff (third-person singular simple present winnows the wheat from the chaff, present participle winnowing the wheat from the chaff, simple past and past participle winnowed the wheat from the chaff)
  1. Alternative form of separate the wheat from the chaff Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: separate the wheat from the chaff
    Sense id: en-winnow_the_wheat_from_the_chaff-en-verb-JtS8Yn9T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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