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cull
[ kuhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to select and remove from a group, especially to discard or destroy as inferior:
When I cull the smaller curved saplings, I'm careful to protect and nurture the straighter and larger trees.
- to discard unwanted parts or remove choice parts from (a group):
Ranchers must decide whether to buy expensive feed or cull their herds to weather the drought.
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Quotations are culled from a variety of literature, diaries and letters, local histories, journals, and newspapers.
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noun
- the act of culling.
- something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
cull
/ 办蕦濒 /
verb
- to choose or gather the best or required examples
- to take out (an animal, esp an inferior one) from a herd
- to reduce the size of (a herd or flock) by killing a proportion of its members
- to gather (flowers, fruit, etc)
- to cease to employ; get rid of
noun
- the act or product of culling
- an inferior animal taken from a herd or group
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠耻濒濒路别谤 noun
- 辞耻迟路肠耻濒濒 verb (used with object)
- 辞路惫别谤路肠耻濒濒 verb (used with object)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cull1
Example Sentences
In Mexico, an outbreak of H5N2, a different form of bird flu, was successfully controlled in the 1990s, and quite quickly, by vaccination along with culling and controls on poultry movement.
The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands, and a culling programme for stoats began in 2019.
Below, you鈥檒l find our list of essential works of nonfiction published in the U.S. from 1996 to the present, culled from a survey of authors, editors, critics, scholars and other experts in the field.
Below, you鈥檒l find our list of essential works of fiction published in the U.S. from 1996 to the present, culled from a survey of authors, editors, critics, scholars and other experts in the field.
Three months into 2025, over 30 million birds have been culled to control avian flu in the U.S.
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