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cull
1. A person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
2. To remove something that has been rejected.
3. To select, or to gather, people or things; especially, those that are good examples of their kind: "The apples are being culled so the best ones are available for grocery stores."
4. To remove an animal; especially, a sick or weak one, from a herd or flock.
5. Etymology: originally "put through a strainer", from Old French coillir, "collect, gather, select", from Latin colligere, "gather together"; originally it meant "choose, select".
2. To remove something that has been rejected.
3. To select, or to gather, people or things; especially, those that are good examples of their kind: "The apples are being culled so the best ones are available for grocery stores."
4. To remove an animal; especially, a sick or weak one, from a herd or flock.
5. Etymology: originally "put through a strainer", from Old French coillir, "collect, gather, select", from Latin colligere, "gather together"; originally it meant "choose, select".
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legi-, -leg-, -ligi-, -lig-, -lect-, -lectic, -lection
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cull (Janus word)
To select plus to reject.
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Janus Words
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“cull”
cull (KUHL) (verb), culls; culled; culling
1. To pick out from others; to select, to choose: Please cull the e-mail messages to make sure that the spam messages are deleted.
2. Etymology: from Latin colligere, "to gather together, to collect"; originally, "to choose, to select".
2. Etymology: from Latin colligere, "to gather together, to collect"; originally, "to choose, to select".
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English Words in Action, Group C
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