winnow down

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• winnow down — ˌwinnow ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they winnow down he/she/it winnows down present participle winnowing down past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• winnow down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms winnow down : present tense I/you/we/they winnow down he/she/it winnows down present participle winnowing down past tense winnowed down past participle winnowed down to reduce the size of a group of people or… …   English dictionary

• 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 — UK [ˈwɪnəʊ] / US [ˈwɪnoʊ] verb [transitive] Word forms winnow : present tense I/you/we/they winnow he/she/it winnows present participle winnowing past tense winnowed past participle winnowed to remove the outer cover from grain Phrasal verbs:… …   English dictionary

• winnow — win|now [ wınou ] verb transitive to remove the outer cover from grain ,winnow down phrasal verb transitive to reduce the size of a group of people or things so that you only keep the best or most useful ones ,winnow out phrasal verb transitive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• winnow — (v.) O.E. windwian, from wind air in motion, paring down, see WIND (Cf. wind) (n.1). Cognate with O.N. vinza, O.H.G. winton to fan, winnow, Goth. diswinþjan to throw (grain) apart, L. vannus winnowing fan …   Etymology dictionary

• Down the wind — Wind Wind (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• winnow — verb the chaff is winnowed from the grain Syn: separate (out), divide, segregate, sort out, sift out, filter out; isolate, narrow down; remove, get rid of …   Thesaurus of popular words

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