cull
/kʌl/ verb C2- 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.
- To select (animals, plants, etc) from a group and then kill (them) in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To kill (an animal, person, etc) for any reason.
- To lay off in order to reduce the numbers of; get rid of. · The company culled more employees this month.
- To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons. · back-face culling
He/she/it culls · Past culled · Past participle culled · -ing form culling
Verb forms
- Base form
- cull
- He/she/it
- culls
- Past
- culled
- Past participle
- culled
- -ing form
- culling
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This one delectable evening culled from each dull seventy was to Chandler a source of renascent bliss.
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