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 sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
[+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
[+ through (object)] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.