Cull

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl/

Cull (verb)

  1. to choose and remove less desirable items from a group.
  2. to reduce the number of animals in a group by selective removal.

Examples

  • The editor will cull unnecessary words from the article.
  • Farmers cull the weakest plants to improve the crop.

Common collocations: cull data, cull items, cull a herd, cull wildlife, annual cull

Cull (noun)

  1. the act of removing less desirable items from a group.

Examples

  • The cull of old books made space for new ones.
  • A cull of outdated files improved the system's efficiency.