English Dictionary

cull

/kʌl/

verb

To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). / To gather, collect. / To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

Farmers cull weak or sick animals to maintain the health of the herd.

意味（1）

To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

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

意味（2）

To gather, collect.

[T]he yellowbanded bees, / Through half-open lattices / Coming in the scented breeze, / Fed thee, a child, lying alone, / With whitest honey in fairy gardens culled— […]

意味（3）

To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

意味（4）

(nonstandard, euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).

意味（5）

To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.