Cull Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of CULL

[+ object]

1

:

to select or choose (someone or something) from a group

• Damaged fruits are culled (out) before the produce is shipped.

— usually + from

• They've culled some of the best poems from her collected works.
• She culled the information from newspaper articles.

2

:

to control the size of (a group of animals) by killing some animals

• He culls his herd annually.
• The town issued hunting licenses in order to cull the deer population.

— cull

noun,

plural

culls

[count]

• the annual cull of the herd