culling
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verb (used with object)
1.
to choose; select; pick.
2.
to gather the choice things or parts from.
3.
to collect; gather; pluck.
noun
4.
act of culling.
5.
something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
1300–50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
Related forms
cull·er, noun
out·cull, verb (used with object)
o·ver·cull, verb (used with object)
un·culled, adjective
Synonyms
2. glean, extract. 3. garner, winnow.
2. glean, extract. 3. garner, winnow.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to choose or gather the best or required examples |
| 2. | to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd |
| 3. | to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members |
| 4. | to gather (flowers, fruit, etc) |
| 5. | to cease to employ; get rid of |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act or product of culling |
| 7. | an inferior animal taken from a herd or group |
| [C15: from Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere; see | |
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Word Origin & History
cull
early 14c., originally "put through a strainer," from O.Fr. coillir "collect, gather, select," from L. colligere "gather together," originally "choose, select" (see collect).
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Slang Dictionary
cull definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
For that, some kind of global fund would be helpful to encourage culling, monitoring and the correct use of animal vaccines.
Culling and, yes, killing a portion of a herd seems a natural way of helping a group of animals and their habitat to thrive.
If other effects can come into play, it may be that the culling of a species will have unanticipated consequences.
Better management of cattle and earlier culling of rabbits, which are more controlled today, could have saved the wren.
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