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verb (used with object)
1.
to choose; select; pick.
2.
to gather the choice things or parts from.
3.
to collect; gather; pluck.
noun
4.
act of culling.
5.
something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
1300–50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
Related forms
cull·er, noun
out·cull, verb (used with object)
o·ver·cull, verb (used with object)
un·culled, adjective
Synonyms
2. glean, extract. 3. garner, winnow.
2. glean, extract. 3. garner, winnow.
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cull (kʌl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to choose or gather the best or required examples |
| 2. | to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd |
| 3. | to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members |
| 4. | to gather (flowers, fruit, etc) |
| 5. | to cease to employ; get rid of |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act or product of culling |
| 7. | an inferior animal taken from a herd or group |
| [C15: from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see | |
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Word Origin & History
cull
early 14c., originally "put through a strainer," from O.Fr. coillir "collect, gather, select," from L. colligere "gather together," originally "choose, select" (see collect).
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Slang Dictionary
cull definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The problem of how to cull observations honestly is a constant preoccupation of statisticians and methodologists.
It's one of the jobs of a skilled scientific illustrator to cull the visual chaff and focus attention on the subject at hand.
Bot aficionados scour poker manuals and online forums to cull the best strategies.
They're used as a convenient form of biological control, to cull insect pests without having to resort to chemical agents.
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