cull Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
    reject.
  2. verb remove something that has been rejected
    • cull the sick members of the herd
  3. verb look for and gather
    pluck; pick.
    • pick mushrooms
    • pick flowers

WordNet

Cull transitive verb
Etymology
OE.ullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Culled present participle & noun Culling
Definitions
  1. To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cuil flowers.
    From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden.
    Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.
Cull noun
Definitions
  1. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Gully.

Webster 1913