cullings
Removals from stock
Cullings are things removed during a culling—the process of selecting and eliminating weaker or unwanted members from a group.
Farmers cull livestock herds; editors cull weak passages from manuscripts.
The cullings are what gets cut: The cullings from the flock were sold at auction.
By extension, cullings can be selections gathered from a larger whole: cullings from various archives.
Arranging into sequence
- choosingSelecting from alternatives
- pickingAct of selecting
- selectingPicking from options
- separatingDividing into parts
grading · screening · filtering · sifting · winnowing · rejection · discards · rejects
Reducing density or number
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- timberWood for construction
- deadwoodUnproductive people or things
- saplingsJuvenile trees
undergrowth · overgrowth · clearing · stand · density · woodland · silviculture · regeneration
Domesticated farm animals
- herdGrazing animals together
- flockAnimals gathered together
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
meat · carcass · quota · humane · veterinary · diseased · infected · depopulation
Collecting leftover grain
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- remaindersWhat stays after subtraction
- pickingsItems available to take
scraps · windfall · foraging · aftermath · stubble · chaff · residue · surplus
Selected passages from texts
- selectionsChosen items from options
- extractsRemoves or concentrated essences
- clippingsPieces cut off
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
anthology · compilation · collection · highlights · quotes · snippets · fragments · best-of
sorting
Arranging into sequence
separating · grading · screening · filtering · sifting · winnowing · rejection · discards · rejects · inferior
thinning
Reducing density or number
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- timberWood for construction
- deadwoodUnproductive people or things
saplings · undergrowth · overgrowth · clearing · stand · density · woodland · silviculture · regeneration · brushwood
livestock
Domesticated farm animals
butchering · meat · carcass · quota · humane · veterinary · diseased · infected · depopulation · poultry
gleaning
Collecting leftover grain
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- remaindersWhat stays after subtraction
pickings · scraps · windfall · foraging · aftermath · stubble · chaff · residue · surplus · excess
excerpts
Selected passages from texts
- selectionsChosen items from options
- extractsRemoves or concentrated essences
- clippingsPieces cut off
passages · anthology · compilation · collection · highlights · quotes · snippets · fragments · best-of · abridgment
cullingsadditions
Things joined to existing wholes
introductions · stockings · repopulations · propagations · augmentations
cullingsselections
Chosen items from options
retentions · inclusions · preservations · keepers · picks