cull

cull  (kl)

tr.v. culled, cull·ing, culls

1. To pick out from others; select.

2. To gather; collect.

3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

n.

Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.

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[Middle English cullen, from Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere; see collect¹.]

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culler n.

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cull [kʌl]

vb (tr)

1. to choose or gather the best or required examples

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) to gather (flowers, fruit, etc.)

5. to cease to employ; get rid of

n

1. the act or product of culling

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) an inferior animal taken from a herd or group

[from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see collect¹]

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Cull a selection; those beasts taken out of a herd for a special purpose.

Examples: cull of fat cows, 1858; of sheep, 1880.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cull - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality reject deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Verb	1.	cull - remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
	2.	cull - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" pick, pluck gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" mushroom - pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall" berry - pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" cull out, winnow - select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"

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cull

verb

1. select, collect, gather, amass, choose, pick, pick up, pluck, glean, cherry-pick All this information had been culled from radio reports.

2. slaughter, kill, destroy, butcher, slay, exterminate, thin out The wildlife park is planning to cull 2,000 elephants.

Translations

cull [kʌl]

A. VT (= select) [+ fruit] → entresacar; [+ flowers] → coger; (= kill selectively) [+ deer, seals] → matar selectivamente

B. N [of deer, seals] → matanza f selectiva
seal cull → matanza f selectiva de focas

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cull [ˈkʌl]

vt

[+ animals] (= kill selectively) → procéder à l'abattage sélectif de (= slaughter) → abattre
to cull a flock → procéder à un abattage sélectif pour contrôler un troupeau

(= select) → sélectionner
to cull information from sth → tirer des informations de qch

n [animals] (= selective killing) → abattage m sélectif, élimination f sélective (= slaughter) → massacre m, abattage m

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cull

n

(= selection) → Auswahl f

(= killing of surplus) Erlegen überschüssiger Tierbestände, → Reduktionsabschuss m; cull of seals → Robbenschlag m

(= rejected item) → Ausschuss m

vt

(= collect) → entnehmen (→ from +dat); legends → (zusammen)sammeln (from aus)

(= kill as surplus) → (als überschüssig) erlegen; to cull seals → Robbenschlag m → betreiben

(= pick) flowers → pflücken

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cull [kʌl]

1. vt (select, fruit) → scegliere; (kill selectively, animals) → selezionare e abbattere

2. n → selezione f
seal cull → abbattimento selettivo delle foche

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cull [kʌl]

1. vt (select, fruit) → scegliere; (kill selectively, animals) → selezionare e abbattere

2. n → selezione f
seal cull → abbattimento selettivo delle foche

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cull

v cull [kal]

1 to gather or collect. pluk يُجَمِّـع избирам sbírat udvælge fra; plukke fra pflücken αντλώ seleccionar, escoger korjama, koguma برگزیدن؛ گلچین کردن poimia cueillir לְלָקֵט चुनना skupljati szed (virágot) mengumpulkan tína, safna saman raccogliere より抜く 모으다 (su)rinkti, pa(si)rinkti lasīt; atlasīt mengumpulkan verzamelen (hånd)plukke, søke seg ut, samle zbierać apanhar a strânge собирать zbierať zbrati sakupljati plocka, samla ihop เลือกสรร toplamak 採集 збирати جمع كرنا، اك‍ٹ‍ها كرنا chọn lọc 采集

2 to select and kill (surplus animals) They are culling the kangaroos. uitdun ينْتَقي ويَقتُل бракувам probírat, mítit udrense; frasortere aussuchen διαλέγω για θανάτωση eliminar välja praakima جانوران ضعیف تر را کشتن vähentää määrää éliminer לְדָלֵל בע”ח चुन कर जानवरों की हत्या izlučivati kilő menumbuh grisja; velja úr og drepa eliminare 間引く 도태시키다 atrinkus naikinti (par mājdzīvniekiem) izbrāķēt un nokaut; atšaut (par meža dzīvniekiem) membunuh uitschiften sortere, skille ut (og drepe) dokonywać odstrzału matar a omorî выбраковывать vyberať, triediť, preberať izločiti odstreliti välja (gallra, skilja) ut ลดจำนวนสัตว์ลง öldürme 剔除，淘汰 вибраковувати جانوروں کو) چن چن کر قتل كرنا) loại súc vật ra để thịt 剔去，淘汰, 精选

n

an act of killing surplus animals. uitdun قَتْل الحَيوانات الزائِدَه бракуване probírka udrensning; frasortering das Schlachten von minderwertigem Vieh θανάτωση matanza väljapraakimine کشتن حیوانات ضعیف تر vähentäminen élimination דִלוּל अतिरिक्त हो गए जानवरों की हत्या izlučivanje, odvajanje kilövés pembunuhan grisjun eliminazione 間引き 도태 atrankinis naikinimas izbrāķēšana un nokaušana; atšaušana membunuh haiwan lemah uitschifting slakting av overtallige dyr odstrzał matança eli­mi­­nare выбраковка vyhubenie (prebytočného množstva zvierat) izločanje odstrel skiljning การลดจำนวนสัตว์ลง zararlı ve fazla üreyen hayvanları öldürmek, itlâf etmek 剔除，淘汰 відбраковування جانوروں کو قتل كرن‍ے كا عمل súc vật loại ra để thịt 剔除，淘汰