0 to blow the chaff (= the outer coverings) from grain before it can be used as food --
A list of 15 applicants has been winnowed down to three.
a winnowing process
1 to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality: --
The six architects chosen to compete for the commission were winnowed from an original list of 27.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.