单词	culled
释义	culled adjective ˈkəld  1 : selected or chosen from a group The … weighty but not overstuffed shelves of carefully culled selections—Dan Brown, yes; Danielle Steele, no, per the curator of manuscripts—beseech that titles be taken down and opened … Sarah Schweitzer … the Yahk camp has been warned by Conservation Officers for dumping their culled berries near the town, creating a significant bear attraction. The Creston Valley (British Columbia) Advance 2 a of a population : reduced in size by removal (as by hunting or slaughter) of especially weak or sick individuals … a new levy would be issued to dairy farmers to cover some of the compensation costs for culled herds … , the report said. Sally Rae … here no vast forests were left standing; instead, carefully culled stands of oaks provided a bounteous crop of acorns for many thousands of pigs let loose to graze among them during the winter. C. McCullough b : removed (as by hunting or slaughter) for culling (see cull entry 1 sense 2) The culling program has been controversial from the start. Each winter, some of the culled animals are killed by hunters …; others are slaughtered for meat. Camila Domonoske … the ministry ordered the slaughter of about 22,300 cows in a bid to control the spread of the disease. … The meat from the culled cattle can be consumed because the disease does not infect humans … The Ashburton (New Zealand) Courier Word History First Known Use 1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1 culled 1 of 2 adjective as in screened Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance screened picked over selected picked chosen handpicked winnowed (out) weeded (out) preferred select elect cherry-picked exclusive favored fashionable choice favorite first-line Antonyms & Near Antonyms average common commonplace ordinary run-of-the-mill culled 2 of 2 verb past tense of cull as in selected to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings Synonyms & Similar Words selected picked chose handpicked named elected took preferred cherry-picked designated tagged tapped adopted nominated preselected appointed accepted marked singled (out) tabbed set opted (for) embraced espoused fixed settled (on or upon) Antonyms & Near Antonyms rejected refused declined discarded spurned repudiated jettisoned disapproved turned down negatived threw away threw out See More
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