cull

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

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