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cull
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin collig? (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
Verb
cull (third-person singular simple present culls, present participle culling, simple past and past participle culled)
- 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
- To gather, collect.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Eleanor
- whitest honey in fairy gardens cull'd
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Eleanor
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- (nonstandard, euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
Translations
Noun
cull (plural culls)
- A selection.
- An organised killing of selected animals.
- (farming, agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
Translations
Etymology 2
Perhaps an abbreviation of cully.
Noun
cull (plural culls)
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 307:
- Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket of a queer cull without any danger of the nubbing cheat.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 307:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dupe
Albanian
Alternative forms
- cullë
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g(')elt- (“womb”). Compare Sanskrit ???? (jarta), ????? (jártu, “vulva”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Old English child.
Noun
cull m
- (Gheg) boy, child
Derived terms
- cullak
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ku?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Verb
cull
- third-person singular present indicative form of collir
- second-person singular imperative form of collir
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unculled
English
Etymology
un- +? culled
Adjective
unculled (not comparable)
- Not having been culled.
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