Cull

Quick meaning: Cull is a verb meaning To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

Meaning

To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

More Meanings

1. To gather, collect.
2. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
3. (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
4. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
5. (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
6. A selection.
7. An organized killing of selected animals.

Example Sentences

back-face culling

But you don't want no dealings with that cull. A darker villain I never did see.

1984, cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO culled from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; sleeve notes from The Smiths' eponymous album

Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.

Word Forms

• culls
• culling
• culled

Synonyms for cull

Depending on context, synonyms include cherry-pick, reject, pick, pluck.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pluck, reject, pick, slaughtering, eradicate, massacre.

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