- cull
- to killOriginally, to select for rejection, as deer, seals, etc. The standard English use is never of killing humans.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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cull — Ⅰ. cull UK US /kʌl/ verb [T] INFORMAL WORKPLACE ► to reduce the number of people that work for a particular company by a large amount: »The programme of redundancies was intended to cull 1000 jobs. »The company has culled 1,900 people from its… … Financial and business terms
Cull — (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Culled} (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culling}.] [OE.cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See {Coil}, v. t., and cf. {Collect}.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cull — cull·age; cull; cull·er; … English syllables
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 — Cull, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See {Cully}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cull — [v1] pick out for reason choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, optate, opt for, pluck, prefer, select, sift, single out, take, thin, thin out, winnow; concepts 41,142 cull [v2] gather accumulate, amass, collect, extract, garner,… … New thesaurus
cull — cull. См. выбраковка. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
cull — I verb accumulate, amass, carpere, choose, collect, decerpere, gather, glean, legere, make a selection, pick, pick out, pluck, round up, select, separate, sift, single out, sort out, winnow II index choose … Law dictionary
cull — vb pick, single, *choose, select, elect, opt, prefer … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cull — To remove nonletter mail (such as small parcels, rolls, and odd shaped material) from letter mail (and nonmachinable mailpieces from automation rate pieces) by hand or machine. During culling, specials (such as special delivery and accountable… … Glossary of postal terms
cull — ► 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 … English terms dictionary
