Cull

/cɑl/

Synonyms for "cull" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

abscind accumulate amass amputate annihilate assemble ban bar bob bolt boobbring togetherchoose outchump cinch clip collect cordoncordon offcrop

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cull outcutcut awaycut offcut outdecide betweenderivedig up

Noun(4 words)

choosedata cleaningdepopulatingdiscarded stock

Verb(1 words)

depopulates

Strong matches (50)

discriminate divide dockeasy markelect eliminate enucleate eradicate except exceptionally excerpt excise exclude extinguish extirpate extractfall guyfish fool garner

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gathergather inget inget togetherghettoize gin glean greenhorn greeny grubgrub upgudgeon gull handpick innocent insulate isolatekeep apartkeep asideknock offlay asidelopmake a selectionmark monkey

Noun(3 words)

dupe filters kill

Verb(2 words)

filtered flense

Related words (82)

Determiner(1 words)

most seedling thinning

mug mutilate naif nipopt forpare patsy peel pickpick outpick uppigeon plaything pluck prefer prune pull pushoverput asidequarantine

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rake upriddleroot outround uprule outsapscare upscrape togetherscrape upscreen seclude segregate select separateset apartset asideshave shear sieve sift singlesingle outsitting ducksortsort outstamp outstoogestrike offstripstrip offsucker taketake offtake outtake upthrash thresh toy truncatetrusting soulvictim winnowwipe out

Verb(2 words)

pick pluck

Noun(16 words)

pruning rejectrejected itemsrejects removal remove select selection shortlist sieves slaughter thinning trim weed weeds winnows

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More general

18 entries

collect collection decidingdecision makinggarner gatherget rid ofmanagement practiceoutcomepopulation controlpopulation managementprocesspull togetherquality controlremoval remove

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More specific

13 entries

culled deerculled livestockculled stockdata culldeer cullherd cullingimage cullpopulation cullingpoultry cullrecord cullsheep cullshooting trapping

Collocations

10 entries

cull datacull operationcull outlierscull ratecull specimenscull the herdcull the populationdeer cullpopulation cullselective cull

Inflections

3 entries

culled culling culls

Derivations

3 entries

culled culler culling

Sample sentences

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I breed betta fish and cull my unwanted stock by feeding them to my oscar.

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There is no reason to cull pigs right now.

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1984, cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO culled from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; sleeve notes from The Smiths' eponymous album

Source: wiktionary

[T]he yellowbanded bees, / Through half-open lattices / Coming in the scented breeze, / Fed thee, a child, lying alone, / With whitest honey in fairy gardens culled— […]

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