cull

Значение (Английский)

Verb

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.

Noun

1. A selection.
2. An organized killing of selected animals.
3. An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
4. A lobster having only one claw.
5. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.

Noun

A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

Синонимы

pick

⛏️

pluck

select

choose

gather

winnow

elect

reject

pick up

sort

pick out

prefer

reap

selection

cross out

crush

culling

cut out

draw away

drive out

edit

eject

election

eliminate

excerpt

excise

expunge

extirpate

extract

harvest

hollow out

kill

🔪🩸👤

lift

lop

mark

obviate

pick off

preclude

pull

purge

remove

rid of

scratch out

sift

stem

strike

strike off

strike out

strip

take

take away

take out

tease

thin out

wipe away

wipe off

write off

blank out

pick and choose

run on a curtailed schedule

waste

cull lumber

mill cull

cullwood

refused log

delete

ablate

abolish

abrogate

breathe

call in

card

choice

clear

close out

constitute

crop

cross off

Произносится как (IPA)

/kʌl/

Этимология (Английский)

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