Antonyms for cull

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhl

Phonetic Transcription : kʌl

Definition of cull

Origin : c.1200, originally "put through a strainer," from Old French coillir (12c., Modern French cueillir) "collect, gather, pluck, select," from Latin colligere "gather together, collect," originally "choose, select" (see collect). Related: Culled; culling. As a noun, from 1610s.

verb pick out for reason
verb gather

Example sentences :

I have taken pains to cull the most choice of my acquaintance.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various

To cull fortune from misfortune, to turn loss into profit, that is to have genius.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

I cull from every faith and race the best And bravest soul for counsellor and friend.
Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox

We cull a flower here and there; we pluck an herb fresh from the hands of the Creator.
Extract from : « In the Carquinez Woods » by Bret Harte

It is wisdom's work so carefully to cull the rose, as to avoid the thorn.'
Extract from : « Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District » by Frederick Sessions

It is impossible to cull from the rich repertory of these pages.
Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various

From history we may cull a few events that illustrate its power.
Extract from : « Korean Buddhism » by Frederick Starr

What could my Lady have come hither to cull from such unpromising books?
Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3) » by James Payn

Up there in Umbria we had culled it from the roadside as you cull flowers.
Extract from : « A Little Pilgrimage in Italy » by Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter

We cull these facts haphazard from among hundreds of others.
Extract from : « Legends of the Bastille » by Frantz Funck-Brentano

Synonyms for cull

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