chaff

Definitions

1. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
   uncountable, usually
2. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant
3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle
4. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
   uncountable, usually
5. Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless
6. Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
   figuratively, uncountable, usually
7. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery
8. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
   uncountable, usually
9. Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection
10. Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

44 more languages

العربيةالقشرهشيم

Беларускаяпалова

BosanskikorpaplevapljevaPulatamoплевапљева+ 4 more

Catalàpallús

Češtinapleva

Cymraegmanus

Danskavne

Suomiakanaakanatirvaillairvailurajaisetruumensilppuvinoillavinoilu+ 6 more

Gaeilgecáithlochán

Gàidhligcath

Galegocanociscocoañofascañofascogaspallomuíñapallapoxapuxatasco+ 8 more

עבריתמוץתבן

हिन्दीपरालभूसा

HrvatskikorpaplevapljevaPulatamoплевапљева+ 4 more

Magyarkorpapelyvaszecska

Հայերենդարմանհարդ

Bahasa Indonesiasekam

Italianocruscapula

日本語からかうもみがら殻滓秕籾殻粗糠粟糘茶化す+ 7 more

Қазақ тілітопан

한국어왕겨

Kurdîbalekafkepek

Latinaacusāplūdafurfurpaleapillo+ 2 more

LëtzebuergeschKuef

Latviešupelavas

Македонскиплева

മലയാളംഉമിപതിര്വയ്ക്കോൽ

Maltikarfa

Nederlandskafplagen

Polskiplewysieczka

Portuguêsmoinhapalha

Românăpleavă

Русскиймякинаотбро́сыпле́велполовасечка+ 2 more

Slovenščinapleva

Shqipbyk

СрпскиkorpaplevapljevaPulatamoплевапљева+ 4 more

Svenskaagn

Kiswahiliwishwa

தமிழ்உமி

ไทยแกลบ

Türkçekepek

ئۇيغۇرچەكىپەك

Українськаполова

Tiếng Việttrâu

Examples

“To separate⟳ out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let⟳ the wind blow⟳ away the lighter chaff.”

“So take⟳ the corn and leave⟳ the chaff behind.”

“In the passage outside the door, the threshers, who had done their day's work⟳, were stamping the snow⟳ off their feet before they came in, - their hair full of chaff.”

“By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take⟳ more time to eat⟳ it, and time is given for the commencement of digestion, before fermentation can occur⟳. In this way chaff is very useful, especially after long fasts.”

“the chaff and ruin of the times”

“Who that has prided himself on his spiritual strength has not seen it humbled to the dust? A knowledge of religion, as distinguished from experience⟳, seems but chaff in such moments of trial.”

“As for Huxter, perfectly at good-humour with himself, and the world, it never entered his mind⟳ that he could be disagreeable to anybody; and the little dispute, or “chaff,” as he styled it, of Vauxhall, was a trifle which he did not in the least regard.”

“It was the chaff of the College at the time, but I could not help⟳ it.”

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