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

1 sense of cull out

Sense 1
cull out, winnow -- (select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants")
       => choose, take, select, pick out -- (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her")

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