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. Monmouth University:

   They realize that only one of them can move onto the next contest after the first two (states), they realize you have to winnow down this field of establishment candidates to just one and the only way you're going to do it at this point is to start taking the other ones out.

2. Jim Bell:

   You can’t scoop everywhere, it takes weeks to do those activities, so you have to winnow places down using the cameras. Their resolution and color capability help identify the best possible places.

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. Assistant Attorney General Christina Grossi:

   Mr. Flood participated in the formation of the very procedures the agencies used to winnow down the millions of documents and identify those that are responsive to the subpoenas.

5. 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.