'Cull' definitions:
Definition of 'cull'
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Definition of 'Cull'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cull'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscind,
- accumulate,
- amass,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- assemble,
- ban,
- bar,
- bob,
- bolt,
- bring together,
- choose out,
- clip,
- collect,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- crop,
- cull out,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- decide between,
- dig up,
- discriminate,
- divide,
- dock,
- elect,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excerpt,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather in,
- get in,
- get together,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- glean,
- grub,
- grub up,
- handpick,
- insulate,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- knock off,
- lay aside,
- lop,
- make a selection,
- mark,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- opt for,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- pluck,
- prefer,
- prune,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- rake up,
- riddle,
- root out,
- round up,
- rule out,
- scare up,
- scrape together,
- scrape up,
- screen,
- seclude,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- sieve,
- sift,
- single out,
- sort out,
- stamp out,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- take,
- take off,
- take out,
- take up,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- truncate,
- winnow,
- wipe out