From en.wiktionary.org:
[Cull]
** English
[Culling]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en]. [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
2. * 1984 , cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO CULLED from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; _sleeve notes from 吴语: The Smiths ' eponymous album_
3. To gather , collect .
4. * [poem=Eleanore]
5. * [en]
6. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
7. [en] To kill (animals etc).
8. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of .
9. [en] To selectively not render or process certain objects , such as polygons .
10. * [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en |cullable|culler|Culpepper|overcull |unculled }}
***** Translations
[to pick or take someone or something]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [River Plate]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to select animals from a group and then kill them]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [shoot off]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Welsh: [spoken] [cy]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A selection .
2. An organized killing of selected animals .
3. * [en]
4. [en] An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discard ed.
5. [en] A lobster having only one claw .
6. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
***** Translations
[selection]
[organised killing of selected animals]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded]
- Finnish: [fi] [animal] ; [fi] [item of produce]
[trans-bottom]
[lobster having only one claw] [trans-bottom]
[inferior specimen]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
Perhaps an abbreviation of [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A fool , gullible person; a dupe .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1749 | author=w:Henry Fielding | title=w:Tom Jones | page=307 | publisher=Folio Society | year_published=1973
|passage=Follow but my counsel, and I will show you a way to empty the pocket
of a queer CULL without any danger of the nubbing cheat.}}
1. [en] A man or boy.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1997 | author=Chris Hunt | title=Duval's Gold | page=58
|passage=But you don't want no dealings with that CULL. A darker villain I
never did see.}}
***** Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dupe
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** References
- [en]
** Albanian
*** Etymology
Possibly from [sq]. Compare [sa], [sa], [sv], [ang].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [sq] boy , child
**** Declension
[ë]
**** Derived terms
- [sq]
- [sq]
- [sq]
** Catalan
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
- [ca]
*** Verb
[ca]
1. [collir]