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cull — [kul] vt. [ME cullen < OFr coillir < L colligere: see COLLECT2] 1. a) to pick out; select [to cull facts from an encyclopedia] b) to pick out in order to discard or destroy [a librarian culled unneeded books] 2 … English World dictionary
cull — I UK [kʌl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms cull : present tense I/you/we/they cull he/she/it culls present participle culling past tense culled past participle culled 1) to collect something such as information from different places recipes… … English dictionary
cull — cull1 [ kʌl ] verb transitive 1. ) to collect something such as information from different places: recipes culled from magazines 2. ) to kill animals deliberately, especially in order to stop the population from becoming too large cull cull 2 [… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cull — I. /kʌl / (say kul) verb (t) 1. to choose; select; pick; gather the choice things or parts from. 2. to collect; gather; pluck. 3. to remove animals of inferior quality from (a herd or flock). 4. to kill (animals, as deer, kangaroos, etc.), with a …
cull out — verb 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 • Syn: ↑winnow • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cull — 1. verb /kʌl/ a) To pick someone or something. b) To take someone or something (from somewhere). 2. noun /kʌl/ a) A selection … Wiktionary
cull´er — cull1 «kuhl», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to pick out; select: »The lawyer culled important facts from the mass of evidence. b) to pick over; make selections from: »She culled the peaches, picking only the choicest ones. c) to discard: »She culled… … Useful english dictionary
cull — [kʌl] verb [T] I 1) to collect something such as information from different places 2) to kill animals in order to stop the population from becoming too large II noun [C] cull [kʌl] an act of culling animals … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cull — [[t]kʌl[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose; select; pick 2) to gather the choice things or parts from 3) to collect; gather; pluck 4) something picked out and put aside as inferior • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < AF, OF cuillir < L colligere to gather… … From formal English to slang
cull — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French culier, coillir, from Latin colligere to bind together more at collect Date: 13th century 1. to select from a group ; choose < culled the best passages from the poet s work > 2. to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
