cull

cull

 (kŭl)

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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cull′er n.

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cull

(kʌl)

vb (tr)

1. to choose or gather the best or required examples

2. (Agriculture) to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd

3. (Agriculture) to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members

4. (Horticulture) to gather (flowers, fruit, etc)

5. to cease to employ; get rid of

n

6. the act or product of culling

7. (Agriculture) an inferior animal taken from a herd or group

[C15: from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see collect¹]

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cull

(kʌl)

v.t.

1. to choose; select; pick.

2. to gather the choice things or parts from.

3. to collect; gather; pluck.

n.

4. something picked out and put aside as inferior.

[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather]

cull′er, n.

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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.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

cull

Past participle: culled
Gerund: culling

Imperative

cull

cull

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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.

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cull

verb

1. To make a choice from a number of alternatives:

choose, elect, opt (for), pick (out), select, single (out).

2. To collect (something) bit by bit:

extract, garner, gather, glean, pick up.

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Translations

قَتْل الحَيوانات الزائِدَهيُجَمِّـعينْتَقي ويَقتُل

mítitprobíratprobírkasbírat

frasorterefrasorteringudrenseudrensning

aussuchenkardenpflücken

szed

grisja; velja úr og drepagrisjuntína, safna saman

sfoltire

atrankinis naikinimasatrinkus naikintiparinkti

atlasītatšaušanaatšautizbrāķēšana un nokaušanaizbrāķēt un nokaut

håndplukkeplukkeskille utslakting av overtallige dyrsøke seg ut

vyhubenie

itlâf etmeköldürmetoplamak

剔去剔除淘汰精选采集

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cull

[kʌl]

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

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cull

(kal) verb

1. to gather or collect. pluk يُجَمِّـع избирам apanhar sbírat pflücken udvælge fra; plukke fra αντλώseleccionar, 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 verzamelenplukke, søke seg ut, samle zbierać انتخابول، غوره کول 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 matar probírat, mítit aussuchen udrense; frasortere διαλέγω για θανάτωση eliminar välja praakima جانوران ضعیف تر را کشتن vähentää kantaa 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 uitschiftensortere, skille ut dokonywać odstrzału ضعیفه حیواناتو وژل 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

noun

an act of killing surplus animals. uitdun قَتْل الحَيوانات الزائِدَه бракуване matança probírka das Schlachten von minderwertigem Vieh udrensning; frasortering θανάτωση matanza väljapraakimine کشتن حیوانات ضعیف تر kannanvähennys 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 د ضعیفه حیواناتو وژل 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

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