cull
[ kuhl ]
/ kʌl /
verb (used with object)
to choose; select; pick.
to gather the choice things or parts from.
to collect; gather; pluck.
noun
act of culling.
something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
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Origin of cull
1300–50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen<Anglo-French, Old French cuillir<Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
OTHER WORDS FROM cull
culler, nounoutcull, verb (used with object)o·ver·cull, verb (used with object)un·culled, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for cull
cull
/ (kʌl) /
verb (tr)
noun
the act or product of culling
an inferior animal taken from a herd or group
Word Origin for cull
C15: from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see collect 1
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