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Definition of cull verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cull

verb
 
/kʌl/
 
/kʌl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cull
 
/kʌl/
 
/kʌl/
he / she / it culls
 
/kʌlz/
 
/kʌlz/
past simple culled
 
/kʌld/
 
/kʌld/
past participle culled
 
/kʌld/
 
/kʌld/
-ing form culling
 
/ˈkʌlɪŋ/
 
/ˈkʌlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. cull something to kill a number of wild animals from a group, especially in order to stop the group from becoming too largeTopics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCull is used with these nouns as the object:
    • elephant
    • seal
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coillier, based on Latin colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.
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