cull

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French coillir "collect, gather, select," from Latin colligere "gather together."

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA:/kʌl/
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• Rhymes: -ʌl

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to cull (third-person singular simple present culls, present participle culling, simple past and past participle culled)

1. To pick something.
2. To take something (from somewhere).
3. To select animals from a group and kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled way
4. (nonstandard, euphemism) To kill animals.

[edit] Quotations

• 1984, cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO culled from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous, Sleeve notes from The Smiths' album The Smiths

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