✂️cull

verb
/kʌl/

Meaning

to select or remove from a larger group, often to reduce numbers

Example Sentences

The farmers decided to cull the sick animals from the herd.

Example Expressions

cull the herd

Synonyms

select, choose, pick, remove, eliminate

Antonyms

gather, accumulate, include

Collocations

cull animals, cull list, cull ideas, cull population

Related Vocabularies

To make abnormally thin or weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.
To delay making a decision or taking action in order to gain time.
to drive, force, or urge someone to do something
to strike someone or something with force
to attach or stick something firmly to another thing
To designate or treat something as more important than other things.

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