Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - cull

kʌl v. & n. --v.tr. 1 select, choose, or gather from a large quantity or amount (knowledge culled from books). 2 pick or gather (flowers, fruit, etc.). 3 select (animals) according to quality, esp. poor surplus specimens for killing. --n. 1 an act of culling. 2 an animal or animals culled. øøculler [ME f. OF coillier etc. ult. f. L colligere COLLECT(1)]