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Britannica Dictionary definition of CULL
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1
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to select or choose (someone or something) from a group
— usually + from
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Damaged fruits are culled (out) before the produce is shipped.
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They've culled some of the best poems from her collected works.
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She culled the information from newspaper articles.
2
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to control the size of (a group of animals) by killing some animals
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He culls his herd annually.
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The town issued hunting licenses in order to cull the deer population.
— cull
noun, plural culls [count]-
the annual cull of the herd
