cull, reject
(noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
pick, pluck, cull
(verb) look for and gather; “pick mushrooms”; “pick flowers”
cull
(verb) remove something that has been rejected; “cull the sick members of the herd”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cull (third-person singular simple present culls, present participle culling, simple past and past participle culled)
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
(nonstandard, euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
cull (plural culls)
A selection.
An organised killing of selected animals.
(farming, agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
(seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
cull (plural culls)
(slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
• See also dupe
Cull (plural Culls)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cull is the 14093rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2133 individuals. Cull is most common among White (89.59%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cull (kl), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Culled (kld); p. pr.& Culling.] Etym: [OE., OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]
Definition: To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cuil flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.
Cull, n.
Definition: A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Gully.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
