To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
To kill (animals etc).
To gather, collect.
A lobster having only one claw.
A selection.
An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
An organised killing of selected animals.
A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
To be dispersed upon.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.