Associations to the word «Cull»

Wiktionary

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. (nonstandard) (euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).
CULL, verb. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
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. (slang) (dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

Dictionary definition

CULL, noun. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
CULL, verb. Remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd".
CULL, verb. Look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers".

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus