Usually means: Distinguish valuable from worthless parts.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. separate the wheat from the chaff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. separate the wheat from the chaff: Merriam-Webster
  3. separate the wheat from the chaff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. separate the wheat from the chaff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. separate the wheat from the chaff: Wiktionary
  6. separate the wheat from the chaff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the wheat from the chaff: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the wheat from the chaff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the wheat from the chaff: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the wheat from the chaff: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (separate the wheat from the chaff)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To select only that which is of value.

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