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| cull [ kul ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle culled, present participle cull·ing, 3rd person present singular culls) |
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1. remove somebody or something as worthless: to remove an inferior person or thing from a group
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2. select somebody or something: to select or gather people or things, especially those that are good examples of their kind
  The following cases are culled from the police reports.
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3. remove animal from herd: to remove an animal, especially a sick or weak one, from a herd or flock
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noun (plural culls) |
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1. something without value: something regarded as worthless, especially an unwanted or inferior animal removed from a herd
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2. veterinary medicine reduction of animal numbers: a reduction of the numbers of an animal population achieved by killing some of its members
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| [12th century. < Old French coillier< Latin colligere "gather together" < legere "gather"] |
