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1cull out — verb select desirable parts from a group or list cull out the interesting letters from the poet s correspondence winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants • Syn: ↑winnow • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑ …
2cull — Synonyms and related words: abscind, accumulate, amass, amputate, annihilate, assemble, ban, bar, bob, bolt, bring together, choose out, clip, collect, cordon, cordon off, crop, cull out, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, decide between, dig up,… …
3cull — [kul] vt. [ME cullen < OFr coillir < L colligere: see COLLECT2] 1. a) to pick out; select [to cull facts from an encyclopedia] b) to pick out in order to discard or destroy [a librarian culled unneeded books] 2 …
4cull — [v1] pick out for reason choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, optate, opt for, pluck, prefer, select, sift, single out, take, thin, thin out, winnow; concepts 41,142 cull [v2] gather accumulate, amass, collect, extract, garner,… …
5Cull — (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 …
6out-cull — to out curse: see out …
7cull — I verb accumulate, amass, carpere, choose, collect, decerpere, gather, glean, legere, make a selection, pick, pick out, pluck, round up, select, separate, sift, single out, sort out, winnow II index choose …
8cull´er — cull1 «kuhl», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to pick out; select: »The lawyer culled important facts from the mass of evidence. b) to pick over; make selections from: »She culled the peaches, picking only the choicest ones. c) to discard: »She culled… …
9cull — [[t]kʌl[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose; select; pick 2) to gather the choice things or parts from 3) to collect; gather; pluck 4) something picked out and put aside as inferior • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < AF, OF cuillir < L colligere to gather… …
10cull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. select (see choice). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To choose] Syn. select, winnow, pick out, pick over; see choose 1 , separate 2 . 2. [To gather] Syn. collect, glean, amass, round up; see accumulate 1 ,… …
