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Cull

noun
/kʌl/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA selection.
2.nounAn organised killing of selected animals.
3.noun(farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
4.noun(seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
5.nounA piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
6.verbTo pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
7.verbTo gather, collect.
8.verbTo select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
9.verbTo kill (animals etc).
10.verbTo lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

Synonyms

pluckrejectpickslaughteringeradicatemassacrekillingeliminatedecommissioningscrapdisposalwaste

Rhymes With

dulllullmullnullgullscullskulltrull
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