| VERB | cognition | cull out, winnow | select desirable parts from a group or list |
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| Meaning | select desirable parts from a group or list. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence" | |
| Synonym | winnow | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| See also | cull | look for and gather |
| Spanish | seleccionar | |
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