cull
- Verb. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- Verb. To gather, collect.
- Verb. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- Verb. (context, nonstandard) To kill (animals etc).
- Verb. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- Noun. A selection.
- Noun. An organised killing of selected animals.
- Noun. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- Noun. (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
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