cull out

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymswinnow

   Broaderchoose

Questions about cull out

What does cull out mean?

cull out means "select desirable parts from a group or list".

What is another word for cull out?

Close synonyms include winnow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cull out a common word?

cull out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.