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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality;
[syn: cull, reject]


VERB (2)

1. remove something that has been rejected;
- Example: "cull the sick members of the herd"

2. look for and gather;
- Example: "pick mushrooms"
- Example: "pick flowers"
[syn: pick, pluck, cull]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cull \Cull\, n.
   A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Culling.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir,
   F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See
   Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
   To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or
   collect; as, to cull flowers.
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         From his herd he culls,
         For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
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         Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled.   --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cull
    n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
         inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
    v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
         members of the herd"
    2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
       pick, pluck, cull]