cull :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

take, choose, select, make a choice, make a selection, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

strain, sieve, sift

v. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

screen, sieve, sort, screen out

v. examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

choose, prefer, opt for, choose instead, choose as an alternative

v. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

riddle, screen

v. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

strain, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

v. remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

prefer, give priority to one creditor

v. give preference to one creditor over another

winnow, fan

v. separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

cull out

v. select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"

pick up, receive

v. register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

pick up, give a ride to

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

pluck, tweak, pick off, pull sharply, pull off, pull away from

v. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

pick over, sieve out

v. separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection"

see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know

v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

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