cull /ˈkʌl/
(vt.)採,摘,揀揀開的東西,被排斥出來的動物
Cull v. t. [imp. & p. p. Culled p. pr. & vb. n. Culling.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
From his herd he culls,
For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden.
Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson.
Cull, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
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cull
n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in
quality [syn: reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck]