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window [ˈwındəʊ] N

Windows [ˈwındəʊz] N COMPUT

winner [ˈwınə] N

I . widow [ˈwıdəʊ] N

II . widow [ˈwıdəʊ] VB trans

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willow [ˈwıləʊ] N

winning [ˈwınıŋ] ADJ

winsome [ˈwınsəm] ADJ

willowy [ˈwıləʊı] ADJ

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It has been suggested that they were also used to winnow grain.
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This can be done by winnowing, which is commonly done by hand, using a large sieve.
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Occasionally the back door was small and only used for ventilation or winnowing.
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It is threshed and winnowed after being dried for approximately one week.
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The male performs winnowing display during courtship, flying high in circles and then taking shallow dives to produce a distinctive sound.
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Women are mainly responsible for pulling and transplanting rice seedlings, harvesting and winnowing rice, tending gardens, making sugar, weaving, and caring for the household money.
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Coupled with the chaffing and winnowing technique, a sender could get messages out and cover their tracks all at once.
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The advantages are several orders of magnitude faster, memory efficiency, smaller decision trees, boosting (more accuracy), ability to weight different attributes, and winnowing (reducing noise).
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Sorting of sediments can also be affected by reworking of the material after deposition, for instance, by winnowing.
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The chaff and grain are then separated by winnowing, and the chaff is discarded.
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