Definitions for CULL
kʌlcull

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cull, rejectverb

   the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

2. cullverb

   remove something that has been rejected

   "cull the sick members of the herd"

3. pick, pluck, cullverb

   look for and gather

   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CULLverb

   To select from others; to pick out of many.

   Etymology: cueillir, French.

   The best of every thing they had, being culled out for themselves, if there were in their flocks any poor diseased thing not worth the keeping, they thought it good enough for the altar of God. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 34.

   Our engines shall be bent
   Against the brows of this resisting town:
   Call for our chiefest men of discipline,
   To cull the plots of best advantage. William Shakespeare, King John.

   Like the bee, culling from ev’ry flow’r,
   Our thighs are packt with wax, our mouths with honey. Sh.

   In this covert will we make our stand,
   Culling the principal of all the deer. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI. p. iii.

   I do remember an apothecary
   In tatter’d weeds, with overwhelming brows,
   Culling of simples. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   Then in a moment fortune shall cull forth,
   Out of one side, her happy minion. William Shakespeare, King John.

   The choicest of the British, the Roman, Saxon, and Norman laws, being culled, as it were, this grand charter was extracted. James Howell, Parley of Beasts.

   When false flow’rs of rhetorick thou would’st cull,
   Trust nature, do not labour to be dull. Dryden.

   From his herd he culls,
   For slaughter, four the fairest of his bulls. John Dryden, Virg. Geor.

   When the current pieces of the same denomination are of different weights, then the traders in money cull out the heavier, and melt them down with profit. John Locke.

   With humble duty and officious haste,
   I’ll cull the farthest mead for thy repast. Matthew Prior.

   The various off’rings of the world appear:
   From each she nicely culls with curious toil,
   And decks the goddess with the glitt’ring spoil. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cull

   Cull generally refers to the act of selecting or choosing from a large quantity or group. It can also mean removal of inferior or weaker items from a group, often applied in agriculture or wildlife management context. Additionally, in a broader context, it can mean rejecting or eliminating something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cullverb

   to separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers

2. Cullnoun

   a cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully

3. Etymology: [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cull

   kul, v.t. to select, pick out.—ns. Cull′er; Cull′ing. [Fr. cueillir, to gather—L. colligĕre—col, together, legĕre, to gather. Doublet of Collect.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CULL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cull is ranked #14093 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cull surname appeared 2,133 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Cull.
   
   89.5% or 1,911 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 116 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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How to pronounce CULL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CULL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CULL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of CULL in a Sentence

1. Andrew Bridson:

   I see more mergers and acquisitions, more consolidation and a lot more joint ventures as things get tougher, that is not a bad thing. Consolidation will force out failing companies and cull a lot of the older tonnage.

2. Derek Gatherer:

   Unlike with bird flu and foot-and-mouth, there is unlikely to be any necessity for a cull given the absence of direct transmission from cow to cow or cow to human.

3. James Wan:

   There were many sleepless nights poring over hours of footage trying to cull, not just for visuals, but also audio stuff Paul had done.

4. Eran Raizman:

   If the policies are to cull all the infected birds people loose all they have. If the government is not fast enough to pay the compensations they don't have anything to live off.

5. Katarzyna Karpa-Swiderek:

   There is no scientific basis for this, it is barbarism, we broadly do not protest against hunting wild boars, but in our opinion the scope of the proposed cull is excessive.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CULL
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CULL
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CULL
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CULL
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html