cull
gb/kˈʌl/ us/kˈʌl/
C1
Ingles
kiválogat, kiszűr, ritkít, leöl, kigyűjt, merít, állományritkítás, selejtállat, szed, leszed
PANDIWA
C1
1
Padron ng paggamit:
cull [items/people] (from [group/list])
We culled the list of applicants down to ten finalists.
A jelentkezők listáját tíz döntősre szűkítettük.
The editor culled several repetitive paragraphs from the draft.
A szerkesztő több ismétlődő bekezdést kihúzott a kéziratból.
The museum is culling damaged items from its storage collection.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
I culled the photos and deleted the blurry ones.
Átválogattam a fotókat, és töröltem az elmosódottakat.
They culled the list to five names.
Öt névre szűkítették a listát.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Don’t confuse cull (/kʌl/) with call (/kɔːl/) or cull with kill in every context.
Kahulugan
remove the unwanted from a group
Mga kolokasyon
cull the list
|cull names
|cull candidates
|cull applications
|cull outdated books
|cull weak ideas
|cull unnecessary details
|cull low performers
|cull items from the catalog
|cull the collection
Mga kasingkahulugan
weed out (Emphasizes removing the bad or unsuitable.)
|
eliminate (More general; can sound more formal or final.)
Mga kasalungat
keep (Means not removing items from the group.)
|
include (Means adding or retaining rather than removing.)
Mga tema
work
|education
|daily_life
|selection
Depinisyon
To take out the ones you don’t want from a group.
To remove things or people that are not needed or not good enough from a larger group, leaving a smaller or better set.
PANDIWA
C1
2
Padron ng paggamit:
cull [animals] (to [purpose])
Officials ordered a cull of the infected poultry to stop the outbreak.
A járvány megfékezésére a hatóságok elrendelték a fertőzött baromfi leölését.
The park service culled deer to prevent overgrazing.
A park igazgatósága ritkította a szarvasállományt, hogy megelőzze a túllegelést.
Farmers may cull older animals when feed is scarce.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
They culled some deer to reduce the population.
Néhány szarvast kilőttek, hogy csökkentsék az állományt.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
In this sense, cull usually means killing, not just choosing.
Kahulugan
kill animals to reduce numbers
Mga kolokasyon
cull deer
|cull badgers
|cull the herd
|cull the flock
|mass cull
|humanely cull
|cull infected birds
|cull animals to control disease
|selectively cull
|government cull
Mga kasingkahulugan
slaughter (More direct and often harsher; not necessarily selective.)
|
thin (Often used for wildlife/forestry; focuses on reducing numbers.)
Mga kasalungat
protect (Opposite goal: keep animals safe rather than kill them.)
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conserve (Focuses on maintaining populations rather than reducing them.)
Mga tema
animals
|environment
|agriculture
|public_health
Depinisyon
To kill some animals to control the population or disease.
To kill some animals in a herd or wild population in order to reduce numbers, improve herd quality, or control disease.
PANDIWA
C1
FORMAL
3
Padron ng paggamit:
cull [information/quotes/data] from [sources]
The report culled data from three national surveys.
A jelentés három országos felmérésből merített adatokat.
Many of the examples were culled from real customer emails.
A példák közül sokat valódi ügyfél-e-mailekből gyűjtöttek össze.
She culled key quotations from dozens of articles.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
He culled facts from several websites.
Több weboldalról gyűjtött ki tényeket.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Common in passive form: 'be culled from' (= taken from).
Kahulugan
gather information by selecting sources
Mga kolokasyon
cull information
|cull data
|cull statistics
|cull facts
|cull quotes
|cull insights
|cull details
|culled from reports
|culled from interviews
|culled from the internet
Mga kasingkahulugan
extract (Highlights pulling something out from within a source.)
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compile (Emphasizes assembling selected material into one place.)
Mga kasalungat
ignore (Means not using information from a source.)
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invent (Means making up information rather than taking it from sources.)
Mga tema
information
|media
|research
|work
Depinisyon
To take useful information from different sources.
To collect or extract useful pieces of information by selecting them from one or more sources.
PANGNGALAN
C1
4
Padron ng paggamit:
a cull (of [animals])
A cull was announced after the disease was detected in the region.
Miután kimutatták a betegséget a térségben, állományritkítást jelentettek be.
The council approved a cull of deer in the overpopulated areas.
A tanács jóváhagyta a túlszaporodott területeken élő szarvasok ritkítását.
There was public protest against the planned cull.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
They planned a cull of deer.
Szarvasállomány-ritkítást terveztek.
Kahulugan
the act of reducing by removal
Mga kolokasyon
a deer cull
|an annual cull
|a targeted cull
|a selective cull
|a large-scale cull
|a government cull
|a cull of infected animals
|a cull program
|a cull policy
|a planned cull
Mga kasingkahulugan
reduction (General term; not necessarily selective.)
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slaughter (Focuses on killing; may imply less selectivity.)
Mga kasalungat
restocking (Adding animals/items rather than reducing them.)
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increase (The opposite direction of change in size.)
Mga tema
animals
|environment
|agriculture
|selection
Depinisyon
An organized removal (often killing) of some animals or items.
The process or event of removing selected members of a group, especially animals, to reduce the group or improve its overall quality.
PANGNGALAN
C2
TECHNICAL
5
selejtállat
C1
Padron ng paggamit:
a cull; culls
The culls were separated from the main herd before winter.
A selejtállatokat a tél előtt elkülönítették a fő csordától.
Older cows are often sold as culls at the end of the season.
Az idősebb teheneket a szezon végén gyakran selejtállatként értékesítik.
The vet helped the farmer decide which animals were culls.
Kahulugan
an animal removed from a herd
Mga kolokasyon
breeding cull
|cull cow
|cull ewes
|identify culls
|sell culls
|separate culls
|market culls
|culls at auction
|cull animals
|cull stock
Mga kasingkahulugan
reject (General word for something not accepted; not specific to animals.)
|
nonbreeder (Focuses specifically on breeding suitability.)
Mga kasalungat
breeder (An animal kept for breeding, not removed.)
|
keeper (Informal; something chosen to be kept.)
Mga tema
animals
|agriculture
Depinisyon
An animal chosen to be removed from a herd.
An animal that is selected to be removed from a herd or breeding group, often because it is old, sick, or not suitable for breeding.
PANDIWA
C2
LITERARY
6
Padron ng paggamit:
cull [flowers/fruit] (from [place])
They culled wild berries along the trail.
Vad bogyókat szedegettek az ösvény mentén.
She culled a few roses from the garden for the table.
Leszedett néhány rózsát a kertből az asztalra.
Fresh herbs were culled from the planter outside the kitchen.
Kahulugan
pick flowers or fruit
Mga kolokasyon
cull flowers
|cull roses
|cull blossoms
|cull herbs
|cull berries
|cull fruit
|cull wild berries
|cull from the garden
|cull from the hedgerow
|cull from the field
Mga kasingkahulugan
pick (Everyday word; less formal.)
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gather (Often suggests collecting in quantity.)
Mga kasalungat
plant (Opposite action: putting plants in rather than taking out.)
|
leave (Not taking the flowers/fruit.)
Mga tema
nature
|food
|daily_life
Depinisyon
To pick flowers or fruit (literary).
To pick or gather something, especially flowers or fruit, from where it grows, often by selecting the best ones.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
cull
IPA
GB/kˈʌl/
US/kˈʌl/
Mga pantig at diin
cull (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (cull)
Mga anyo ng salita
Noun
- Base: cull
- Plural: culls
Verb
- Base: cull
- 3rd Person Singular: culls
- Present Participle: culling
- Past: culled
Mga kaugnay na salita
Mga ekspresyon
cull and destroy
1/kˈʌl ˈænd dɪstɹˈɔɪ/
fixed phrase
technical
kill to stop disease spread
To kill animals to stop a disease spreading.
Mga Halimbawa
- Veterinary authorities used a cull-and-destroy policy to contain the outbreak.
- The farm was required to cull and destroy all exposed birds.
- Officials defended the decision to cull and destroy the herd after the positive test.
cull out
1/kˈʌl ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
remove as unsuitable
To take out the ones you don’t want.
Mga Halimbawa
- We culled out duplicate records before analyzing the data.
- The coach culled out the weakest players during tryouts.
- She culled out the clothes she no longer wore.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- I culled out the old files.
cull the herd
1/kˈʌl ðə hˈɚd/
idiom
business
cut down a group’s numbers
To reduce a group by removing the weakest members.
Mga Halimbawa
- The company decided to cull the herd and focus on its most profitable products.
- After the merger, management culled the herd of redundant roles.
- The program culled the herd by dropping the least active users.