Cull Definition
kŭl
culled, culling, culls
verb
culled, culling, culls
To pick out; select.
To cull facts from an encyclopedia.
Webster's New World
To pick out in order to discard or destroy.
A librarian culled unneeded books.
Webster's New World
To select and gather (flowers or fruit); pick.
Webster's New World
To examine (a collection or group) in order to select desired parts or, esp., to discard or destroy unwanted parts.
To cull a herd.
Webster's New World
To select trees to be felled for timber.
Webster's New World
noun
culls
Something picked out; esp., something rejected as not being up to standard.
Webster's New World
A selection.
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Origin of Cull
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Middle English cullen from Old French cuillir from Latin colligere collect1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligo (“gather together”).
From Wiktionary
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Perhaps an abbreviation of cully.
From Wiktionary
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