Meaning of "chaff"

chaff •

n.
• • 1. the husk of a cereal: ipa
  • 2. the broken-up or powdered husk: darak

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v.
• • 1. to blow off the chaff from grain, drive or blow away chaff: magtahip, itahip, tahipan
  • 2. to separate, to sort out: pumili, piliin, humirang, hirangin
  • 3. to sift: magbithay, bumithay, bithayin

n.
• • chaff or husk of palay

n.
• • winnowing basket (for removing rice chaff)