Meaning of "cull" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULL

From Old French coillir to pick, from Latin colligere.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CULL

cull  [kʌl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULL

Cull is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cull in English.

WHAT DOES CULL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Culling

In animal breeding, culling is the process of removing or setting aside animals from a breeding stock based on specific criteria. This is done either to reinforce or exaggerate certain desirable characteristics, or, to remove undesirable characteristics from the group. For livestock and wildlife, culling usually implies killing removed animals.

Definition of cull in the English dictionary

The first definition of cull in the dictionary is to choose or gather the best or required examples. Other definition of cull is to take out from a herd. Cull is also to reduce the size of by killing a proportion of its members.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CULL

PRESENT

Present

I cull

you cull

he/she/it culls

we cull

you cull

they cull

Present continuous

I am culling

you are culling

he/she/it is culling

we are culling

you are culling

they are culling

Present perfect

I have culled

you have culled

he/she/it has culled

we have culled

you have culled

they have culled

Present perfect continuous

I have been culling

you have been culling

he/she/it has been culling

we have been culling

you have been culling

they have been culling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I culled

you culled

he/she/it culled

we culled

you culled

they culled

Past continuous

I was culling

you were culling

he/she/it was culling

we were culling

you were culling

they were culling

Past perfect

I had culled

you had culled

he/she/it had culled

we had culled

you had culled

they had culled

Past perfect continuous

I had been culling

you had been culling

he/she/it had been culling

we had been culling

you had been culling

they had been culling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cull

you will cull

he/she/it will cull

we will cull

you will cull

they will cull

Future continuous

I will be culling

you will be culling

he/she/it will be culling

we will be culling

you will be culling

they will be culling

Future perfect

I will have culled

you will have culled

he/she/it will have culled

we will have culled

you will have culled

they will have culled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been culling

you will have been culling

he/she/it will have been culling

we will have been culling

you will have been culling

they will have been culling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cull

you would cull

he/she/it would cull

we would cull

you would cull

they would cull

Conditional continuous

I would be culling

you would be culling

he/she/it would be culling

we would be culling

you would be culling

they would be culling

Conditional perfect

I would have cull

you would have cull

he/she/it would have cull

we would have cull

you would have cull

they would have cull

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been culling

you would have been culling

he/she/it would have been culling

we would have been culling

you would have been culling

they would have been culling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cull
we let´s cull
you cull

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cull

Past participle

culled

Present Participle

culling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CULL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cull» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of cull

amass · butcher · cherry-pick · choose · collect · destroy · exterminate · gather · glean · kill · pick · pluck · select · slaughter · slay

TRANSLATION OF CULL

Find out the translation of cull to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cull from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cull» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 采集
• Translator English - Spanish: entresacar
• English: cull
• Translator English - Hindi: चुनना
• Translator English - Arabic: اعدام
• Translator English - Russian: отбирать
• Translator English - Portuguese: separar
• Translator English - Bengali: সঙ্কলন করা
• Translator English - French: sélectionner
• Translator English - Malay: Cull
• Translator English - German: sammeln
• Translator English - Japanese: 選び出す
• Translator English - Korean: 조금씩 따오다
• Translator English - Javanese: Cull
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lựa chọn
• Translator English - Tamil: முட்டாள்
• Translator English - Marathi: रचणे
• Translator English - Turkish: ıskartaya çıkarmak
• Translator English - Italian: raccogliere
• Translator English - Polish: cull
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відбирати
• Translator English - Romanian: Cull
• Translator English - Greek: σφαγής
• Translator English - Afrikaans: slag
• Translator English - Swedish: slakt
• Translator English - Norwegian: Cull

QUOTES WITH «CULL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cull.

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Charles Churchill

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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULL»

Discover the use of cull in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cull and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, ...

Entries provide information on the history, key propagandists, and techniques and concepts of propaganda.

Nicholas John Cull, David Holbrook Culbert, David Welch, 2003

Difference Equations: From Rabbits to Chaos

The authors cover the basics of difference equations and some of their applications in computing and in population biology in this new text.

Paul Cull, Mary Flahive, Robert O. Robson, 2005

Theatres of Immanence: Deleuze and the Ethics of Performance

The book provides an accessible introduction to Deleuze's ideas and draws attention to the ethical dimensions of performance, asking: 'what good is theatre, and particularly immanent theatre, anyway?'

Laura Cull, 2012

Selling War: The British Propaganda Campaign Against ...

A fascinating story of how a foreign country provoked America's involvement in its greatest war, Selling War will appeal to all those interested in the modern cultural and political history of Britain and the United States.

Nicholas John Cull, 1996

Improving the Value of Cull Cows Through Antemortem ...

Keywords. Cows, beta-agonist, Implants, Aging, Tenderness, Color, Enhancement

Shanna Hutchison, 2007

Deleuze and Performance

This book provides rigorous analyses of Deleuze's writings on theatre practitioners such as Artaud, Beckett and Carmelo Bene, as well as offering innovative readings of historical and contemporary performance including performance art, ...

Laura Cull, 2009

Rocks and Minerals

Presents an introduction to rocks and minerals, discussing the different types, how they can be identified, how they were originally formed, and how young readers can start a collection.

Selby Cull, 2009

The Cull

The Cull is a work of fiction but the events that inspired it were real and occurred during the Foot and Mouth epidemic in Britain in 2001. Annie Dawes is a fictional character but she represents the many livestock owners who fought to try and ...

Di Francis

Coppicing to convert cull Australian toon, tropical ash to ...

Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated. The cull trees were about the same size and vigor as surrounding non-plot trees. The cull Australian toon trees averaged 23 feet tall and 3.4 ...

Gerald A. Walters, Herbert L. Wick, 1973

Product Development and Marketing of Cull Cows

Susan C. Casey. Ten percent of beef cows in the 2007 National Market Cow and Bull Beef Quality Audit were pregnant at harvest, an improvement over previous audits. Producers can further reduce pregnancy by removing bull exposure for ...

Susan C. Casey, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cull is used in the context of the following news items.

ACT government cull ends early after 1700 kangaroos shot dead

Animal rights campaigners have celebrated the end of the ACT government's controversial kangaroo cull for another year, after 1689 adult ... «Gippsland Times, Jul 15»

Mercedes to cull CLS Shooting Brake

Mercedes-Benz has no plans to replace the CLS Shooting Brake, according to reports, following a poor sales performance in key markets. «Motoring, Jul 15»

Government cull ends early after 1700 kangaroos shot dead

In a surprise move on Tuesday, the ACT government's controversial kangaroo cull has ended three weeks earlier than expected, after 1700 ... «The Age, Jul 15»

cull ends early after 1700 kangaroos shot dead

Animal rights campaigners have celebrated the end of the ACT government's controversial kangaroo cull for another year, after 1689 adult ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»

BVA welcomes targeted badger cull in Northern Ireland

Culling via lethal injection will commence this month over 100sq.km in Co Down as part of a research project that will aim to remove infected ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»

Fears mount HMRC will cull Canadian Qrops next

Money Management is the professional's independent adviser, winning 50 awards over the years. It contains the renowned Money ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»

ACT kangaroo cull contractor condemns 'radical opposition'

The actions of radical kangaroo cull opponents have been condemned as "abhorrent", "irresponsible" and "counter productive" to conservation ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Badger cull to begin in NI to combat bovine TB

Northern Ireland is to start a limited cull of badgers as part of a research project to combat a disease in cattle that costs the taxpayer £30m a ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

POLL: Should deer be culled in Leigh?

Stephen Aylen, who represents the Belfairs ward on Southend Council, wants a cull of muntjac deer at Belfairs Woods following widespread ... «Echo, Jul 15»

Burlington residents irked by Hydro One tree cull

BURLINGTON — Hydro One is clear-cutting treed corridors across the city to comply with safety regulations, but some residents are angry ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»