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Cull

Cull Meaning & Definition
Cull Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cull?

[n] the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
[v] look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
[v] remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cull: pick | pluck | reject

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cull: abscind | accumulate | amass | amputate | annihilate | assemble | ban | bar | bob | bolt | bring together | choose out | clip | collect | cordon | cordon off | crop | cull out | cut | cut away | cut off | cut out | decide between | dig up | discriminate | divide | dock | elect | eliminate | enucleate | eradicate | except | excerpt | excise | exclude | extinguish | extirpate | extract | garner | gather | gather in | get in | get together | ghettoize | gin | glean | grub | grub up | handpick | insulate | isolate | keep apart | keep aside | knock off | lay aside | lop | make a selection | mark | mutilate | nip | opt for | pare | peel | pick | pick out | pick up | pluck | prefer | prune | put aside | quarantine | rake up | riddle | root out | round up | rule out | scare up | scrape together | scrape up | screen | seclude | segregate | select | separate | set apart | set aside | shave | shear | sieve | sift | single out | sort out | stamp out | strike off | strip | strip off | take | take off | take out | take up | thrash | thresh | truncate | winnow | wipe out

See Also | berry | catch | collect | cull out | deciding | decision making | discover | find out | garner | gather | get a line | get rid of | get wind | get word | hear | learn | mushroom | pick off | pick over | pick up | pull off | pull together | receive | remove | see | sieve out | tweak

Cull In Webster's Dictionary

\Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Culled} (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culling}.] [OE. cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F. cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See {Coil}, v. t., and cf. {Collect}.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
\Cull\, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See {Cully}.

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