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• chaff — [tʃa:f US tʃæf] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: ceaf] 1.) the outer seed covers that are separated from grain before it is used as food 2.) dried grasses and plant stems that are used for food for farm animals →separate the wheat from the chaff at… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Chaff — For other uses, see Chaff (disambiguation). Not to be confused with bran. Rice chaff Chaff (   …   Wikipedia

• chaff — 1 noun (U) 1 the husks (=outer seed covers) separated from grain before it is used as food; 2 dried grasses and plant stems used for food for farm animals see also: separate the wheat from the chaff wheat (3) 2 verb (T) old fashioned to make… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• chaff — Ⅰ. chaff [1] ► NOUN 1) the husks of grain or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2) chopped hay and straw used as fodder. ● separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff Cf. ↑sort the wheat from the chaff …   English terms dictionary

• chaff — [[t]tʃɑ͟ːf, tʃæ̱f[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you separate the wheat from the chaff or sort the wheat from the chaff, you decide which… …   English dictionary

• chaff — 1. noun /tʃæf,tʃɑːf,tʃæf/ a) The inedible parts of a grain producing plant. To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff. b) By extension, any excess or unwanted… …   Wiktionary

• chaff — chaff1 [tʃα:f, tʃaf] noun 1》 the husks of grain or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.     ↘chopped hay and straw used as fodder. 2》 strips of metal foil released in the air to obstruct radar detection. Phrases separate (or sort) the… …   English new terms dictionary

• winnow — I. verb Etymology: Middle English winewen, from Old English windwian to fan, winnow; akin to Old High German wintōn to fan, Latin vannus winnowing fan, ventus wind more at wind Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to remove (as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Winnow — Win now, v. i. To separate chaff from grain. [1913 Webster] Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus. v. 9. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• win|now — «WIHN oh», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to blow off the chaff from (grain); drive or blow away (chaff): »Farmers winnow rice to separate the rice hulls from the kernels (Nelson E. Jodon). 2. Figurative. to sort out; separate; sift: »to winnow the facts… …   Useful english dictionary

• Activities prohibited on Shabbat — Main article: Shabbat See also: Shomer Shabbat and Rabbinically prohibited activities of Shabbat The commandment to keep Shabbat as a day of rest is repeated many times in the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. (See for example Exodus 31:12 17 quoted …   Wikipedia