Definition of "winnowed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of winnow. (verb)

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• "But it was not until the last few weeks that McCain winnowed his list to five or six finalists."
• "They try them, as silver in the furnace is refined from its dross; they purge them, as wheat in the barn is winnowed from the chaff; and they make them white, as cloth by the fuller is cleared from its spots."
• "At what point do we see this really huge field kind of winnowed down to a handful of serious contenders, do you think?"