The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weed out \Weed out\, v. t. to selectively remove; same as weed[2], v. t.; -- of things that are useless or harmful.
Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic English) to remove unwanted elements from a group
WordNet
v. remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities" [syn: comb out]
Usage examples of "weed out".
They had volunteered for the team and successfully passed the tests to weed out the temperamentally unfit or faint-hearted.
With a soft grunt and a tug, she pulled another long invading weed out by its roots.
Knows the business, did his apprentice work under a man sold weed out of a church in Cincinnati called Temple of the Cool and Beautiful J.
This drag ripped the weed out by the roots, and once it was loose he raked it into piles for burning.
Prosecutors are expected to indict the world, but the judges are supposed to weed out the fringe defendants.
My first resolution is to weed out the advisors who produce only drama.
Liriel's people had a thousand ways to weed out the foolish and the weak, and the ship would probably be the better for a cleansing battle.
My experience was that they are by and large a waste of time and money and weed out only institutionalized psychopaths and incompetent KGB agents.
When Caffery had seen the spray-painting he had instantly recognized it as a tool to weed out false confessions.