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Definition of Cull
1. Verb. Remove something that has been rejected. "Cull the sick members of the herd"
2. Noun. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
3. Verb. Look for and gather. "Pick flowers"
Generic synonyms: Collect, Garner, Gather, Pull Together
Specialized synonyms: Mushroom, Berry
Also: Cull Out, Pick Off, Pick Over, Pick Up, Pick Up, Pick Up, Pick Up
Derivative terms: Pick, Picker, Picking
Definition of Cull
1. v. t. To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
2. n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
Definition of Cull
1. Verb. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). ¹
2. Verb. To gather, collect. ¹
3. Verb. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. ¹
4. Verb. (context: nonstandard euphemistic) To kill (animals etc). ¹
5. Verb. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of. ¹
6. Noun. A selection. ¹
7. Noun. An organised killing of selected animals. ¹
8. Noun. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen. ¹
9. Noun. (slang dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cull
1. to select from others [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Cull
1. Any item of production picked out for rejection because it does not meet certain specifications. Chip culls and utility culls are specifically defined for purposes of log grading by percentage of sound wood content. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cull
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