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winnowsverbpresent tense third-person singular of winnow 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. culls, discards, jettisons, throws away, throws outdeclines, refuses, rejects, turns downdisapproves, negatives, repudiates, spurnsabbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittles (down)abates, decreases, de-escalates, dents, depletes, downscales, downsizes, drops, dwindles, eases, knocks down, lessens, lowers, reducescompresses, condenses, constricts, contractsdeflates, shrinksminimizesmoderates, modifies, modulates, qualifiesbolts, screens, sieves, siftsclarifies, clears, distills(also distils), filters, fines, garbles, purifiesprocesses, rectifies, refines cherry-picks, chooses, culls, elects, handpicks, names, opts (for), picks, prefers, selects, singles (out), tags, takespreselectsappoints, designates, fixes, marks, nominates, sets, tabs, tapsaccepts, adopts, embraces, espousessettles (on or upon)blows up, dilates, distends, inflates, swellselongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protractsadds (to), complements, supplementsenhances, heightens, intensifiesredoublesaggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, raises |