cull

🇺🇸 /kʌl/ 🇬🇧 /kʌl/
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verb
R

to select and remove weak or sick animals from a group to prevent too many animals.

Farmers often cull livestock to keep their numbers manageable.

noun
R

the process of selecting and removing weak or sick animals from a group.

The park's deer population is controlled through an annual cull.

translation

v. to select and remove weak or sick animals from a group to prevent too many animals.
n. the process of selecting and removing weak or sick animals from a group.

Word Forms

3rd Present culls
Progressive culling
Past culled
Perfect culled
Plural culls