cull

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /kʌl/
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• Northern-England: /kʊl/
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• rhymes with -ʌl
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.

Perhaps an abbreviation of cully.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: odstřel — organised killing of selected animals
• Czech: redukce — organised killing of selected animals
• Dutch: ruiming — organised killing of selected animals
• Estonian: harvendustapp — organised killing of selected animals
• Estonian: loomapraakimine — organised killing of selected animals
• Finnish: teurastus — organised killing of selected animals
• Polish: odstrzał — organised killing of selected animals
• Estonian: tapaloom — individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded
• Estonian: praakloom — individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded
• Estonian: praak — individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded
• Finnish: teuras — individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded
• Finnish: hylky — individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded
• Estonian: ebard — inferior specimen
• Estonian: äbarik — inferior specimen
• Estonian: praak — inferior specimen
• Finnish: hylky — inferior specimen
• Hebrew: בְּרָרָה (brára) — inferior specimen
• Māori: paruranga — inferior specimen
• Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram) — to pick or take someone or something
• Bulgarian: подбирам (podbiram) — to pick or take someone or something
• Czech: sbírat — to pick or take someone or something
• Czech: sesbírat — to pick or take someone or something
• Czech: posbírat — to pick or take someone or something
• Czech: vybrat — to pick or take someone or something
• Czech: vybírat — to pick or take someone or something
• Dutch: uitpikken — to pick or take someone or something
• Estonian: eraldama — to pick or take someone or something
• Finnish: poimia — to pick or take someone or something
• French: cueillir — to pick or take someone or something
• German: pflücken — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: szed — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: összeszed — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: összegyűjt — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: kiválogat — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: kiszemel — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: kiválaszt — to pick or take someone or something
• Hungarian: összeválogat — to pick or take someone or something
• Italian: cogliere — to pick or take someone or something
• Māori: tīpao — to pick or take someone or something
• Māori: tīpako — to pick or take someone or something
• Norwegian Bokmål: plukke — to pick or take someone or something
• Norwegian Bokmål: plukke ut — to pick or take someone or something
• Portuguese: catar — to pick or take someone or something
• Russian: отбира́ть (otbirátʹ) — to pick or take someone or something
• Russian: отобра́ть (otobrátʹ) — to pick or take someone or something
• Russian: вычленя́ть (vyčlenjátʹ) — to pick or take someone or something
• Russian: вы́членить (výčlenitʹ) — to pick or take someone or something
• Spanish: entresacar — to pick or take someone or something
• Spanish: machetear — to pick or take someone or something
• Spanish: refugar — to pick or take someone or something
• Spanish: escardar — to pick or take someone or something
• Swedish: plocka — to pick or take someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 撲殺 /扑杀 (pūshā) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Chinese Mandarin: 淘汰 (táotài) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Czech: redukovat počet — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Dutch: ruimen — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Dutch: uitdunnen — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Estonian: praakima — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Estonian: harvendama — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Estonian: kõrvaldama — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Finnish: vähentää kantaa — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• German: keulen — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Hungarian: ritkít — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Hungarian: selejtez — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Hungarian: szelektál — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Hungarian: kilő — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Italian: abbattere — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Norwegian Bokmål: avskyte — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Russian: бракова́ть (brakovátʹ) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Russian: выбрако́вывать (vybrakóvyvatʹ) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Russian: забракова́ть (zabrakovátʹ) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Russian: отстре́ливать (otstrélivatʹ) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Russian: отстрели́ть (otstrelítʹ) — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Spanish: seleccionar y luego matar — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Swedish: skjuta av — to select animals from a group and then kill them
• Welsh: cwlino — to select animals from a group and then kill them