to cull

Examples

• All

• So now the deer are completely out of control and they have to cull the herd, basically cull the herd.

  H3 Podcast

• The primary reason I had for culling the turtle population was for their meat.

  Blog text (16)

• "So you think Smith is going to cull him from the herd?"

  Fiction book (1995)

• Cull the herd, so to speak.

  The Big White (2005)

• I had to cull good apples from the wormy ones on the ground.

  Fiction book (1997)

• And I do think we should begin, if we can, to phase out badger culling in this country.

• So they were doing something good, culling the herd of the sick elements so that the herd was stronger.

  André Duqum

• We're culling the herd.

  Bio-Dome (1996)

• A fairly large proportion of cows are culled from the herds each year for reasons other than production (Murril, 1974).

  Academic text (2015)

• To improve the quality of the rose bushes, the gardener decided to cull the weaker plants.

Synonyms

W

to weed out

vsto cull

37 3.8

To remove unwanted people or things from a group

focuses on removing selected individuals to control population size or quality

T

to thin the herd

vsto cull

• Offensive

3 7.4

To reduce the number of animals or people in a group to improve health and balance

selects specific individuals to control size or improve quality

Antonyms

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

R

to retain

236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

Phrasal Verbs

C

to cull out

1 7.1

To choose the best items from a larger group and remove them

How Severe

to exterminate

• NSFW

60 6.9

to cull

• Specialized

9 7.0

to weed out

37 3.8

to remove

∞ 1.5

to take out

948 1.9

Surface Forms

Etymology