Definition of Cull

1. Noun. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.

Exact synonyms: Reject
Generic synonyms: Deciding, Decision Making
Derivative terms: Reject, Reject

2. Verb. Remove something that has been rejected. "Cull the sick members of the herd"
Generic synonyms: Get Rid Of, Remove

3. Verb. Look for and gather. "Pick flowers"
Exact synonyms: Pick, Pluck
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. 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

culicine
culicines
Culicoides
Culicoides austeni
Culicoides furens
Culicoides milnei
Culicoides variipennis
culicosis
culinarian
culinarians
culinarily
culinary
culinary art
Culiseta melanura
cull (current term)
cull (current term)
cullay
cullays
culled
Cullen's sign
cullender
cullenders
culler
cullers
cullet
cullets
cullied
cullies
culling
cullings

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