Synonyms for winnow
ˈwɪn oʊwin·now

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1. winnow

   Synonyms:
   sift, simplify, eliminate, disencumber, sort

   Antonyms:
   confuse, amalgamate, confound, intermix

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1. winnow, winnowing, siftingverb

   the act of separating grain from chaff

   "the winnowing was done by women"

   Synonyms:
   sifting, winnowing

2. winnow, fanverb

   separate the chaff from by using air currents

   "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

3. winnowverb

   blow on

   "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

4. cull out, winnowverb

   select desirable parts from a group or list

   "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

5. winnowverb

   blow away or off with a current of air

   "winnow chaff"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan

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1. winnowverb

   Synonyms:
   fan, clear of chaff. separate, part, divide

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1. Shannon Beckham:

   The DNC is using polling to winnow the field even further, when its voters and caucus-goers who should be determining our nominee.

2. Amalie Nash:

   Iowa's role isn't to pick the eventual nominee, it's to winnow the field.

3. Tom Barrack:

   Nobody should count him out of the race. Strong, thoughtful, considerate, powerful, experienced -- a long shot for sure in Democratic circles, but as the other candidates start to winnow out, you never can tell what happens.

4. David Bernhardt:

   The entire planning process is supposed to do this: start out big and winnow down.

5. Sean Evans:

   It only makes sense that these numbers will winnow down over time, the undercard people don’t really have a place to move forward.