culled

«culled» in Mova's school dictionary: killed a number of animals to reduce their numbers, or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (cull, culls, culled, culling)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, official) killed a number of animals to reduce their numbers, or because they are ill. tree →

2) chose or picked out from a large group (culled facts from books). tree →

3) (business) cut, removed (jobs culled). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by farmers, wildlife officers and governments, it hides «killed» behind a technical word; also used for removing jobs or items. Official, jargon, all regions.

examples

• Thousands of chickens were culled because of bird flu. tree →
• Deer are culled in the park to protect the trees. tree →
• The editor culled the best stories from hundreds of letters. tree →
• The company culled two hundred jobs. tree →
• The badgers were culled despite protests. tree →
• We culled old toys from the cupboard for the charity shop. tree →

note

It often means «killed» (animals). In the «picked out» sense nothing dies. Watch the subject.

In the corpora

• "Culled" means animals were killed to reduce their numbers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «culled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.