Cull
verb
To choose or gather the best or needed ones.
They culled the apples from the tree.
Often appears as...
- cull from
- cull out
verb
To reduce the population of a wild animal by selective slaughter.
The park officials had to cull the deer herd to control their numbers.
Often appears as...
- cull the herd
- wildlife cull
verb
To choose or gather the best or needed ones.
They culled the apples from the tree.
Often appears as...
- cull from
- cull out
verb
To reduce the population of a wild animal by selective slaughter.
The park officials had to cull the deer herd to control their numbers.
Often appears as...
- cull the herd
- wildlife cull
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Selective Gathering
Cull means carefully choosing things of value or necessity from a group.
After the exam, the teacher culled the best essays for the school magazine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Culling can refer to non-physical items, like ideas or information.
She culled the most relevant points for her presentation from various articles.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
This use of cull often implies a positive action, improving a collection or set.
The editor culled the best poems for the anthology.
Pro Tip 1/3Selective Gathering
Cull means carefully choosing things of value or necessity from a group.
After the exam, the teacher culled the best essays for the school magazine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Culling can refer to non-physical items, like ideas or information.
She culled the most relevant points for her presentation from various articles.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
This use of cull often implies a positive action, improving a collection or set.
The editor culled the best poems for the anthology.
Pro Tip 1/3Selective Gathering
Cull means carefully choosing things of value or necessity from a group.
After the exam, the teacher culled the best essays for the school magazine.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Culling can refer to non-physical items, like ideas or information.
She culled the most relevant points for her presentation from various articles.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
This use of cull often implies a positive action, improving a collection or set.
The editor culled the best poems for the anthology.
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Video examples
Asher Jay: Art as a...
so burning of incense. Then thinking about how the target swings back and forth just waiting for them to be culled down. Moving that forward, how can we evolve this into a solution that's about having a rise in our energy consciousness? Not just moving to new energy economies, but also finding this deeper, spiritual connection to nature
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Cannibalism in the...
for members of the same species to eat each other, cannibalism can promote the survival of the species as a whole by reducing competition, culling the weak, and bolstering the strong. Some species, like the spadefoot toad, cannibalize in response to environmental pressures.
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Windows of the Soul: My...
trained to be guerillas and there's a kind of culling system you know some are good for the political wing some are good for intelligence wing some of them are good for education you know these are elite kids at a very important event where the deputy of Hezbollah was
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The Border Between Crocs...
I'm all ready to go for a bit of a recky. When you say recky, do you mean see if any crocodiles is out there? - Yes. And if there is, we're going to catch them. Right. Great. Roger Matthews makes a living culling problem crocs with the help of his teenage son, Brody.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
just incredible it's incredible size and he wasn't even the biggest bull that they'd seen in the reserve so I think a lot of what we think of with regards elephant weight is is a guess because they did used to to cull elephants back
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Planet Carbon PIPE National...
the Earth's health isn't quite as simple as taking its temperature and with varying climates populations and economic circumstances ecological issues don't always divide along national borders but by culling and carefully
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The Dangers of Shark...
with a simple purpose. Basically shark nets they are culling device. So their aim is to catch and kill sharks. Supporters of the program believe that they've helped keep sharks away from innocent beachgoers.
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It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
cause of bovine tb the fact that they can carry the disease still fuels calls for a countrywide cull they were once relentlessly persecuted for sport dug out and baited by dogs now they're protected by law
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
which everybody wants in my opinion and some people don't like me because of this I don't believe that we're going to get to that situation without some type of lethal culling I hopefully I'm proven
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Elephant Overpopulation?...
there have even been calls for a pre-emptive cull literally shooting 60,000 elephants
Video examples
Asher Jay: Art as a...
so burning of incense. Then thinking about how the target swings back and forth just waiting for them to be culled down. Moving that forward, how can we evolve this into a solution that's about having a rise in our energy consciousness? Not just moving to new energy economies, but also finding this deeper, spiritual connection to nature
Video examples
Cannibalism in the...
for members of the same species to eat each other, cannibalism can promote the survival of the species as a whole by reducing competition, culling the weak, and bolstering the strong. Some species, like the spadefoot toad, cannibalize in response to environmental pressures.
Video examples
Windows of the Soul: My...
trained to be guerillas and there's a kind of culling system you know some are good for the political wing some are good for intelligence wing some of them are good for education you know these are elite kids at a very important event where the deputy of Hezbollah was
Video examples
The Border Between Crocs...
I'm all ready to go for a bit of a recky. When you say recky, do you mean see if any crocodiles is out there? - Yes. And if there is, we're going to catch them. Right. Great. Roger Matthews makes a living culling problem crocs with the help of his teenage son, Brody.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
just incredible it's incredible size and he wasn't even the biggest bull that they'd seen in the reserve so I think a lot of what we think of with regards elephant weight is is a guess because they did used to to cull elephants back
Video examples
Planet Carbon PIPE National...
the Earth's health isn't quite as simple as taking its temperature and with varying climates populations and economic circumstances ecological issues don't always divide along national borders but by culling and carefully
Video examples
The Dangers of Shark...
with a simple purpose. Basically shark nets they are culling device. So their aim is to catch and kill sharks. Supporters of the program believe that they've helped keep sharks away from innocent beachgoers.
Video examples
It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
cause of bovine tb the fact that they can carry the disease still fuels calls for a countrywide cull they were once relentlessly persecuted for sport dug out and baited by dogs now they're protected by law
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
which everybody wants in my opinion and some people don't like me because of this I don't believe that we're going to get to that situation without some type of lethal culling I hopefully I'm proven
Video examples
Elephant Overpopulation?...
there have even been calls for a pre-emptive cull literally shooting 60,000 elephants
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Quote examples
Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Groupon, as you probably are by now aware, is exactly what it sounds like: a daily-deal site offering group discounts. Maybe you've seen that done before, but certainly not like Groupon, which has executed with an energetic sales force and engaging copywriters, many culled from the Chicago comedy scene.
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Owen Paterson
British Politician
We have to use every tool at our disposal and that's why we're trialing a badger cull. We need healthy wildlife living alongside healthy cattle. Only if we work to eradicate the reservoir of TB in our badgers, will we have the strong and prosperous dairy industry the public wishes to see.
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Tristram Stuart
English Author
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators, deer populations in parts of Britain have reached such dense numbers that the woodlands they browse fail to regenerate.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
If you refuse to acknowledge that there is any waste that can be culled from the military budget, you are a big-government conservative, and you cannot lay claim to balancing the budget.
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Charles Churchill
English Poet
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
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Joni Mitchell
Canadian Musician
When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what should be a hungry culture but you have it diminished... that's kind of disappointing.
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Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.
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Alan Sugar
English Businessman
It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.
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Steve Irwin
Australian Scientist
Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.
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Jasmin Bhasin
Indian Actress
I love talking to people; the more I talk, the more gossip I can cull.
Quote examples
Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Groupon, as you probably are by now aware, is exactly what it sounds like: a daily-deal site offering group discounts. Maybe you've seen that done before, but certainly not like Groupon, which has executed with an energetic sales force and engaging copywriters, many culled from the Chicago comedy scene.
Quote examples
Owen Paterson
British Politician
We have to use every tool at our disposal and that's why we're trialing a badger cull. We need healthy wildlife living alongside healthy cattle. Only if we work to eradicate the reservoir of TB in our badgers, will we have the strong and prosperous dairy industry the public wishes to see.
Quote examples
Tristram Stuart
English Author
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators, deer populations in parts of Britain have reached such dense numbers that the woodlands they browse fail to regenerate.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
If you refuse to acknowledge that there is any waste that can be culled from the military budget, you are a big-government conservative, and you cannot lay claim to balancing the budget.
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Charles Churchill
English Poet
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
Quote examples
Joni Mitchell
Canadian Musician
When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what should be a hungry culture but you have it diminished... that's kind of disappointing.
Quote examples
Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.
Quote examples
Alan Sugar
English Businessman
It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.
Quote examples
Steve Irwin
Australian Scientist
Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.
Quote examples
Jasmin Bhasin
Indian Actress
I love talking to people; the more I talk, the more gossip I can cull.
Example 1 of 10
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