chaff

  • 21chaff — Cumbrian Dictionary ( v chaff) to steal, e.g. I chaffed it = I stole it. (I chaff, you chaff, she chaffs, they chaffed) …

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  • 22chaff — chaff1 [ tʃæf ] noun uncount the outer part of wheat and other grains that is removed before the grains are used separate the wheat from the chaff to decide which people or things among a group are good, useful, important, etc., and which are not …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23chaff — 1. noun 1) separating the chaff from the grain Syn: husks, hulls, pods, shells, bran, shucks 2) the proposals were so much chaff Syn: garbage, dross, rubbish, trash; informal junk, crap …

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  • 24chaff — see you cannot catch old birds with chaff a king’s chaff is worth more than other men’s corn …

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  • 25chaff — n. & v. n. 1 the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2 chopped hay and straw used as fodder. 3 light hearted joking; banter. 4 worthless things; rubbish. 5 strips of metal foil released in the atmosphere to obstruct… …

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  • 26Chaff — This interesting and unusual name is of French origin, particularly Norman and was probably introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066, Chaffe, and the variant spellings Chaff, Chave, Caff, and Cave, is a nickname surname for a bald… …

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  • 27chaff — n. to separate the (wheat from the) chaff (by threshing or winnowing) …

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  • 28chaff — 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… …

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  • 29chaff — 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

  • 30chaff — antiradiolokacinės juostelės statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Sukarpytos folijos, vielos arba metalizuoto stiklo pluošto juostelės ar atraižos elektromagnetinei energijai atspindėti, paprastai išmetamos iš orlaivių arba iš artilerijos… …

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