The word cull has three basic meanings which include picking or separating out from others, to collect or to gather, to remove members or parts that are found rejected. It means to select something or things from the rest of the lot because they are either found defective or inferior in some way.
The word can be traced back to the Middle English word "cullen" which in its turn is from the Old French "cuillir" and has its roots in the Latin word "colligere".
Synonyms would include reject, pluck and pick. Examples of why and for what reason something is culled include: a tree or log being made useless because of its shape, some disease or injury, a lobster being sold cheaply because it has one of its claws missing, a worn out and unidentifiable coin etc.
The word can be traced back to the Middle English word "cullen" which in its turn is from the Old French "cuillir" and has its roots in the Latin word "colligere".
Synonyms would include reject, pluck and pick. Examples of why and for what reason something is culled include: a tree or log being made useless because of its shape, some disease or injury, a lobster being sold cheaply because it has one of its claws missing, a worn out and unidentifiable coin etc.
