cull
11cull — ► VERB 1) reduce the numbers of (animals) by selective slaughter. 2) select or obtain from a large quantity or a variety of sources. ► NOUN ▪ a selective slaughter of animals. ORIGIN Old French coillier, from Latin colligere gather together …
12cull — 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… …
13cull — 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 [… …
14cull — {{11}}cull (n.) dupe, saphead, rogues slang from late 16c., perhaps a shortening of cullion base fellow, originally testicle (from Fr. couillon, from O.Fr. coillon testicle; worthless fellow, dolt, from L. coleus, lit. strainer bag; see COJONES… …
15cull — [[t]kʌ̱l[/t]] culls, culling, culled 1) VERB If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together. [be V ed from n] All this, needless to say, had been culled second hand from radio… …
16Cull — Recorded in many forms including Col, Coll, Colla, Colle, Colli, Collo, Cuel, Cule, Cull, Cuell, Kul, Kull, Kuyell and others, this interesting European surname has at least three possible origins and as many nationalities. Throughout Europe it… …
17cull — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Cull is used after these nouns: ↑seal {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Cull is used with these nouns as the object: ↑elephant, ↑seal …
18cull — v. (D; tr.) to cull from * * * [kʌl] (D; tr.) to cull from …
19cull — cull1 [kʌl] v [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: cuillir, from Latin colligere; COLLECT1] 1.) [I and T] to kill some animals of a group, usually the weakest ones, especially so that the size of the group does not increase too much 2.) [T]… …
20cull — 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 …
