weed out

Verb

Meaning

remove unwanted elements

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

comb out chuck separate prune hoe reduce screen kill remove sort destroy lose filter eliminate pull
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Antonyms

garner keep join connect collect combine
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Hypernyms

remove get rid of

Examples

I'm a bit of a clothes hoarder, admittedly. I try to weed out stuff. My girlfriends come over for cheese and wine and go shopping in my wardrobe. They especially love it when they get stuff with a tag still on. Jennifer Aniston

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Oliver Goldsmith

Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating stewed squirrel. The world was simply grander back then, somehow more civilized, and nicer to look at. David Sedaris

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. David McCullough

Photography used to be not for the faint of heart. Its rigors would weed out the not-so-committed pretty quickly. You had to crank the f-stop ring yourself! Joe McNally

To get rid of anger, first weed out the bitter roots. Zambian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

weed hook weed killer weed man weed torch weed tree weed whacker