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Meaning
Verb
●
To
pick
or take someone
or something
(from a
larger
group).
●
To
gather
, collect.
●
To
select
animals
from a group and then
kill
them in order to reduce the
numbers
of the group in a
controlled
manner.
●
To
kill
(animals etc).
*
●
To
lay off
in order to reduce the
size
of, get
rid
of.
●
In Computer graphics:
To
selectively
not
render
or process certain
objects
, such as polygons.
Noun
●
A selection.
●
An
organised
killing
of
selected
animals.
●
In Agriculture:
An individual
animal
selected
to be
killed
, or
item
of
produce
to be discarded.
●
A
lobster
having only one claw.
●
A
piece
unfit
for
inclusion
within a
larger
group; an
inferior
specimen.
●
A
fool
,
gullible
person; a dupe.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cull
English
cuillir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
colligo
Latin
con-
Latin
cum
Latin
lego
Latin
lex
Latin
ligo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Slaughter
Purge
Harvest
Hunt
Exterminate
Euthanize
Decimate
Eradicate
Sterilize
Repopulate
Eliminate
Neuter
Herd
Reintroduce
Crop
Reshuffle
Prune
Remove
Winnow
Pick
Breed
Extinction
Populate
Castrate
Find
Domesticate
Locate
Pluck
Expel
Restructure
Capture
Collate
Select
Sift
Separate
Feed
Deport
Draw
Sort
Collect
Quarantine
Wipe
Enslave
Loot
Tease
Release
Filter
Bring
Discover
Carry
Clone
Sniff
Single
Hunt Down
Dig Up
More
Rhymes
Lul
Dull
Lull
Sull
Gull
Cull
Null
Hull
Mull
Scull
Skull
Annul
Dehull
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