Word Meanings - EVENTILATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To winnow out; to fan. Cockeram. 2. To discuss; to ventilate. Johnson.

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• WINNOW
  comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley
• VENTILATE
  brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a
• JOHNSONIANISM
  A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
• JOHNSONESE
  The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
• WINNOWING
  The act of one who, or that which, winnows.
• DISCUSSIONAL
  Pertaining to discussion.
• JOHNSON GRASS
  A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
• JOHNSONIAN
  Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
• DISCUSSER
  One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood.
• DISCUSSIVE
  Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter. 2. Doubt-dispelling; decisive. A kind of peremptory and discussive voice. Hopkins.
• DISCUSS
  To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill. Syn. -- To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order
• WINNOWER
  One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine.
• DISCUSSION
  1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. 2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard
• INDISCUSSED
  Not discussed. Donne.
• EVENTILATE
  1. To winnow out; to fan. Cockeram. 2. To discuss; to ventilate. Johnson.