cull.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
Meaning & usage
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
To gather, collect.
To select (animals, plants, etc) from a group and then kill (them) in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
To kill (an animal, person, etc) for any reason.
To lay off in order to reduce the numbers of; get rid of.
The company culled more employees this month.
To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
back-face culling
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
A selection.
An organized killing of selected animals.
An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
A lobster having only one claw.
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
A man or boy.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps an abbreviation of cully.
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