[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to select and remove from a group, especially to discard or destroy as inferior:When I cull the smaller curved saplings, I'm careful to protect and nurture the straighter and larger trees.", "to discard unwanted parts or remove choice parts from (a group):Ranchers must decide whether to buy expensive feed or cull their herds to weather the drought.Synonyms: single out single out, cherry-pick", "to collect; gather ; pluck :Quotations are culled from a variety of literature, diaries and letters, local histories, journals, and newspapers.Synonyms: amass , garner"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of culling.", "something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior."]}]