Word of the Day: CULL
To select or sift
cull (verb) - to collect or choose from a larger number or quantity; to reduce or control the size of a group through selective removal [kuhl]
BREAKDOWN: CO- (with) + LE[CT]- (gather) [the same roots as collect]
a cull described a selective slaughter
a culling can refer to a curated collection or the act or process of carefully removing members of a group
See also: diligence, eclectic, predilection
“The simplest scheme of evolution is one that depends on two processes; a generator and a test. The task of the generator is to produce variety, new forms that have not existed previously, whereas the task of the test is to cull out the newly generated forms so that only those that are well fitted to the environment will survive.” —Herbert Simon
