gallra

gallra (present gallrar, preterite gallrade, supine gallrat, imperative gallra)

1. (often with a particle like ut (“out”), bort (“away”), or i (“in”)) to remove undesired parts (of something, concrete or abstract); to cull, to winnow, to thin, to weed

   gallra ett träd

   thin a tree

   gallra en trädgård

   weed a garden

   Han blev utgallrad

   He was "sieved out"

   gallra i informationsflödet

   "sieve" the flow of information

Though possibly etymologically unrelated, likely perceived by most native speakers to be from the notion of shaking through a sieve in the form of a galler (lattice).

• gallring

• gallra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gallra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gallra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)