cull

Betekenis (English)

1. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
2. To gather, collect.
3. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
4. To kill (animals etc).
5. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
6. To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.

plukken

kaarden

extirpate

rid of

run on a curtailed schedule

waste

cull lumber

mill cull

cullwood

refused log

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kʌl/

Inherited from Middelengels

cullen

In summary

From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.

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