Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cull

1 sense of cull

Sense 1
cull, reject -- (the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality)
       => decision making, deciding -- (the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cull

2 senses of cull

Sense 1
cull -- (remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd")
       => get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")

Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers")
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")
          Phrasal Verb-> cull out#1

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