"winnow down" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "winnows down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "winnow down (third-person singular simple present winnows down, present participle winnowing down, simple past and past participle winnowed down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some."
      ],
      "id": "en-winnow_down-en-verb-zOgHiDMj",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "winnow down"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "winnows down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winnowed down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "winnow down (third-person singular simple present winnows down, present participle winnowing down, simple past and past participle winnowed down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reduce the number of candidates for something by judging their quality and rejecting some."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "winnow down"
}