cull : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cull	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cull
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cull n the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality Synonym(s): cull, reject v remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" Synonym(s): pick, pluck, cull
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cull \Cull\, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See {Cully}.