Definitions for Cull

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Spelling: [kuhl]
IPA: /kʌl/

Cull is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in Cull (cllu).

Definitions for Cull

noun

  1. act of culling.
  2. something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.

verb (used with object)

  1. to choose; select; pick.
  2. to gather the choice things or parts from.
  3. to collect; gather; pluck.

Origin of Cull

1300-50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen Anglo-French, Old French cuillir Latin colligere to gather; see collect1

Examples for Cull

We cull a flower here and there; we pluck an herb fresh from the hands of the Creator.

In 2012 she again raised eyebrows when she suggested that badgers shot in any cull should be eaten.

It is wisdom's work so carefully to cull the rose, as to avoid the thorn.'

Steele visited Sparks in Harlem to cull from his collection of high-end labels and vintage pieces.

In this case, a cull of the Taliban and ISAF tweets yields a unique view into the current state of Afghan affairs.

I have taken pains to cull the most choice of my acquaintance.

To cull fortune from misfortune, to turn loss into profit, that is to have genius.

I cull from every faith and race the best And bravest soul for counsellor and friend.

The Daily Beast speed-read the book, which is out today, to cull the biggest, juiciest revelations.

Prenatal testing leads to more abortions and prompts us to “cull the ranks of the disabled”?

Word Value for Cull
Scrable

6

Words with friends

10

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