CULL


Meaning of CULL in English

I. ˈkəl transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French culier, coillir, from Latin colligere to bind together — more at collect

Date: 13th century

1. : to select from a group : choose

cull ed the best passages from the poet's work

2. : to reduce or control the size of (as a herd) by removal (as by hunting) of especially weaker animals ; also : to hunt or kill (animals) as a means of population control

• cull·er noun

II. noun

Date: 1809

: something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless

how to separate good-looking pecans from cull s — Washington Post

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.