Definition of cull Cull
/kʌˈl/ - [kul] - cull
We found 20 definitions of cull from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: culls |
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| cull - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality | ||
| reject | ||
| deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" | ||
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| cull - remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" | ||
| get rid of, remove dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| cull - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" | ||
| pick, pluck | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
| cull out, winnow select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants" | ||
| receive, pick up convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" | ||
| pick up, catch lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| pick off, tweak, pull off, pluck shoot one by one | ||
| pick over, sieve out separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection" | ||
| get a line, get wind, get word, find out, hear, learn, discover, pick up, see trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" | ||
| mushroom grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed" | ||
| berry pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cull (Noun)
A selection. - cull (Noun)
An organised killing of selected animals. - cull (Noun)
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen. - cull (Noun)
A fool, gullible person; a dupe. - cull (Verb)
To pick or take someone or something from a larger group. - cull (Verb)
To gather, collect. - cull (Verb)
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. - cull (Verb)
To kill animals etc. - cull (Verb)
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cull (v. t.)
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers. - cull (n.)
A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cull
The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. -
cull
To look for and gather. -
cull
To remove something that has been rejected.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cull
kul, v.t. to select, pick out.—ns. Cull′er; Cull′ing. [Fr. cueillir, to gather—L. colligĕre—col, together, legĕre, to gather. Doublet of Collect.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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cull
A man, honest or otherwise. A bob cull; a good-natured, quiet fellow. CANT.
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