What does "weed out" mean?

To remove unwanted elements To identify and remove undesirable items or people.

How do you use "weed out" in a sentence?

Weed out the bad candidates. We weeded out the errors. The process weeds out the weak.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common Neutral

Meaning: To remove unwanted elements

淘汰、剔除

Eliminar, descartar

取り除く、ふるい落とす

걸러내다, 솎아내다

To identify and remove undesirable items or people.

识别并去除不需要的东西或人。来源于除草的意象。

Identificar y eliminar elementos o personas no deseados. Viene de la imagen de arrancar las malas hierbas.

望ましくないものや人を特定して取り除くこと。雑草を抜くイメージから。

바람직하지 않은 요소나 사람을 가려내어 제거하는 것.

Base verb: weed

Particle: out

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

Weed out the bad candidates.
淘汰不合格的候选人
Descartad a los malos candidatos
不適格な候補者をふるい落とせ
부적격한 후보자를 걸러내.
We weeded out the errors.
我们剔除了错误
Eliminamos los errores
エラーを取り除いた
오류를 제거했어.
The process weeds out the weak.
这个过程会淘汰弱者
El proceso descarta a los débiles
このプロセスは弱者をふるい落とす
이 과정은 약한 자를 걸러낸다.

Context: selection, removal, filtering

Tone: systematic

From removing weeds from a garden.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal