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cull
[ kuhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to select and remove from a group, especially to discard or destroy as inferior:
When I cull the smaller curved saplings, I'm careful to protect and nurture the straighter and larger trees.
- to discard unwanted parts or remove choice parts from (a group):
Ranchers must decide whether to buy expensive feed or cull their herds to weather the drought.
Synonyms: single out, cherry-pick
Quotations are culled from a variety of literature, diaries and letters, local histories, journals, and newspapers.
noun
- the act of culling.
- something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
cull
/ kʌl /
verb
- to choose or gather the best or required examples
- to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd
- to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members
- to gather (flowers, fruit, etc)
- to cease to employ; get rid of
noun
- the act or product of culling
- an inferior animal taken from a herd or group
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Other Words From
- cull·er noun
- out·cull verb (used with object)
- o·ver·cull verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cull1
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Example Sentences
Could I, along with a few other Tumblr users, help cull through the questions and select some?
In 2012 she again raised eyebrows when she suggested that badgers shot in any cull should be eaten.
In this case, a cull of the Taliban and ISAF tweets yields a unique view into the current state of Afghan affairs.
Steele visited Sparks in Harlem to cull from his collection of high-end labels and vintage pieces.
Prenatal testing leads to more abortions and prompts us to “cull the ranks of the disabled”?
They are goin' to skid the butt log again, and they swear that if you cull it again, they will kill you.
He would doubtless have pressed bologna now on Tod McNeil had that social cull stayed by.
There we cull the flowers of the field and the forest glade, weaving them into garlands, building them into nosegays.
The items we cull relate to a trade once very general in the United States, but happily now a thing of the past.
Let no man say that these were simply oranges, for these a man may cull in many a Greek garden to-day.
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