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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cull       [kuhl] Pronunciation Key
–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, esp. something picked out and put aside as inferior.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME coilen, cuilen, cullen < AF, OF cuillir < L colligere to gather; see collect1]

—Related forms
culler, noun

—Synonyms 2. glean, extract. 3. garner, winnow.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cull       (kŭl)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   culled, cull·ing, culls
  1. To pick out from others; select.
  2. To gather; collect.
  3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

n.   Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.


[Middle English cullen, from Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere; see collect1.]

cull'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cull 
c.1330, originally "put through a strainer," from O.Fr. coillir "collect, gather, select," from L. colligere "gather together," originally "choose, select" (see collect).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cull

noun
1. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality 

verb
1. remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" 
2. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cull

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Cull

Cull\, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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