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- pronunciation:
- kuhl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
culls, culling, culled |
| definition 1: |
to sort out or select from a large collection or quantity.
The air force culled the most capable pilots for the special mission.She culled pertinent quotations from all four of the author's novels for her paper.- synonyms:
- pick, select, sort out, winnow
- similar words:
- choose, pick out, sift, single
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| definition 2: |
to reduce the size of (a group of animals) by killing.
They culled the deer population by allowing more hunting that year. |
| definition 3: |
to slaughter (an animal) because of weakness, disease, or inferiority in comparison with others of a group.
The farmer culled all the chickens that were infected with the disease. |
| related words: |
extract, glean, pick, screen, separate |
adverb + (v.)cull
regularly, systematically
(v.)cull
+ adverb
annually, carefully, primarily
(v.)cull
+ noun
animal,
applicant,
archive,
article,
bird,
calf,
caribou,
catch,
collection,
cycle,
data,
database,
deer,
document,
elephant,
elk,
embryo,
file,
fish,
flock,
gene,
holiday,
imagery,
interview,
journal,
list,
listing,
male,
material,
meat,
memory,
oyster,
poultry,
restaurant,
sample,
secret,
source,
stem,
variety,
vegetable,
vessel
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an item picked out from among others, esp. one discarded as undesirable.
- similar words:
- chaff, discard, irregular, second
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adjective + (n.)cull
rough, wild
verb + (n.)cull
contain, fly, sell
noun + (n.)cull
activity, apple, herd, information, law, lettuce, manure, one, seal
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of inferior quality.
cull woodcull meat- synonyms:
- bad, inferior, low-grade, poor, third-rate
- similar words:
- cheesy, irregular, lousy, undesirable
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