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winnowverb to remove less desirable choices from a group or listThey winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates. I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price. cull, discard, jettison, throw away, throw outdecline, refuse, reject, turn downdisapprove, negative, repudiate, spurnabbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle (down)abate, decrease, de-escalate, dent, deplete, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reducecompress, condense, constrict, contractdeflate, shrinkminimizemoderate, modify, modulate, qualifybolt, screen, sieve, siftclarify, clear, distill(also distil), fine, filter, garble, purifyprocess, rectify, refine cherry-pick, choose, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, takepreselectappoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tapaccept, adopt, embrace, espousesettle (on or upon)blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swellelongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractadd (to), complement, supplementenhance, heighten, intensifyredoubleaggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise before the 12th century |