to choose; select; pick.

to gather the choice things or parts from.

to collect; gather; pluck.

act of culling.

something culled, esp. something picked out and put aside as inferior.

verb

choose , discriminate , elect , extract , glean , mark , optate , opt for , pluck , prefer , select , sift , single out , take , thin , thin out , winnow , accumulate , amass , collect , garner , pick up , round up , opt , pick , single , gather , reject , remove , separate , sort , weed