winnow -
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"
select,
pick out,
choose,
take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
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Wiktionary
Substantiv
winnow -
That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
Verb
winnow -
To subject granular material, especially food grain to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
