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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats