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cull
[ kuhl ]
verb (used with object)
- 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, cherry-pick
Quotations are culled from a variety of literature, diaries and letters, local histories, journals, and newspapers.
noun
- the act of culling.
- something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
cull
/ kʌl /
verb
- to choose or gather the best or required examples
- to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd
- to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members
- to gather (flowers, fruit, etc)
- to cease to employ; get rid of
noun
- the act or product of culling
- an inferior animal taken from a herd or group
Other Words From
- cull·er noun
- out·cull verb (used with object)
- o·ver·cull verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cull1
Example Sentences
Consider the human cost of the administration's mass culling of federal workers.
The eugenicist urge is not far from the surface, right down to the tendency to see people who die of preventable illness as weak links who needed to be "culled" anyway.
Egg prices soared under Biden as his administration directed millions of egg-laying birds to be culled last year amid a bird flu outbreak, though prices have continued rising in Trump's fledging presidency.
And while the mass culling of chickens in response to bird flu has played a major role, the cost of the daily staple for many Americans has kept inflation front and centre in voters' minds.
It wants culling beavers to be an option if they prove disruptive.
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