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cull

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkʌl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kʌl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kul)

cull /kʌl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]

to choose;
select;
pick:I culled some of the best ideas from that journal.

cull•er, n. [countable]

cull (kul),USA pronunciation v.t.

to choose;
select;
pick.
to gather the choice things or parts from.
to collect;
gather;
pluck.

act of culling.
something culled, esp. something picked out and put aside as inferior.

Latin colligere to gather; see collect¹
Anglo-French, Old French cuillir
Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen 1300–50

cull′er, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cull /kʌl/ vb (transitive)

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)

the act or product of culling
an inferior animal taken from a herd or group

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see collect¹

'cull' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

coil - gather - outcull - try

In Lists: Forestry , Series, EN - GR, more...

Synonyms: select, winnow, pick out, pick over, choose, more...

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