chaff
11chaff — vb *banter, kid, rag, jolly, rib, josh Analogous words: tease, tantalize, *worry: *ridicule, deride, twit, taunt …
12chaff — [chaf, chäf] n. [ME chaf < OE ceaf; akin to MDu caf, Ger kaff] 1. the husks of wheat or other grain separated in threshing or winnowing 2. fine cut hay or straw, used for fodder 3. anything regarded as worthless 4. tiny strips of metal foil… …
13Chaff — For other uses, see Chaff (disambiguation). Not to be confused with bran. Rice chaff Chaff (   …
14Chaff — Paille au vent Chaff Auteur Greg Egan Genre Nouvelle Pays d origine  Australie Éditeur Revue Interzone Collection Notre Dame de Tchernobyl Radie …
15Chaff — Una carga moderna de chaff, del modelo RR 129 y otra del modelo RR 124. La RR 124 esta diseñada para no interferir con los sistemas civiles de Radar ATC …
16Chaff — Düppel (Chaff) links im Container, rechts freigesetzt Störung des Wetterradars durch Düppelabwurf über der Nordsee Als Düppel (engl. chaff oder window) bezeichnet man ein T …
17chaff — [[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… …
18chaff — I [[t]tʃæf, tʃɑf[/t]] n. 1) the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing 2) straw cut up for fodder 3) worthless matter; refuse 4) bot the membranous, usu. dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants 5) mil strips… …
19chaff — 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… …
20Chaff — The refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False… …
