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cull

/ cull /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Type of:
decision making deciding
Derived:
reject turn down turn away refuse spurn
verb Sense 2
remove something that has been rejected
"cull the sick members of the herd"
Type of:
get rid of remove
Derived:
reject
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
look for and gather
"pick mushrooms"
"pick flowers"
Type of:
gather garner collect
Kinds of:
mushroom berry
Derived:
picking pick picker
See also:
cull out pick up receive catch pluck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
47%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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decision making deciding get rid of remove gather garner collect mushroom berry