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cull

/kʌl/ verbo C2

En español: entresacar, machetear, refugar, escardar

  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
  2. To gather, collect.
  3. 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.
  4. To kill (an animal, person, etc) for any reason.
  5. To lay off in order to reduce the numbers of; get rid of. · The company culled more employees this month.
  6. To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons. · back-face culling

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This one delectable evening culled from each dull seventy was to Chandler a source of renascent bliss.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 27 · C1

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