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winnowed down

winnowed down is the simple past and past participle of winnow down.

Meaning of winnow down

Verb

winnow down (third-person singular simple present winnows down, present participle winnowing down, simple past and past participle winnowed down)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some.

Questions about winnowed down

What is winnowed down the simple past and past participle of?
Winnowed down is the simple past and past participle of winnow down.

Words near winnowed down in the dictionary

  1. winnow sheet
  2. winnow sheets
  3. winnow the wheat from the chaff
  4. winnow up
  5. winnowed
  6. winnowed down
  7. winnowed grain from chaff
  8. winnowed the wheat from the chaff
  9. winnowed up
  10. winnower
  11. winnowers

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