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• winnow — win|now [ˈwınəu US nou] v also winnow down [: Old English; Origin: windwian] [T] to make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want = ↑whittle down ▪ We need to winnow the list of candidates to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• winnow — [[t]wɪ̱noʊ[/t]] winnows, winnowing, winnowed VERB If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. [LITERARY] [V n] Administration officials have… …   English dictionary

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• weed out — first we weed out the unqualified candidates Syn: isolate, separate out, sort out, sift out, winnow out, filter out, set apart, segregate; eliminate, get rid of, remove, cut, chop; informal lose …   Thesaurus of popular words