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# culled

verb (cull, culls, culled, culling)

«culled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, official) killed a number of animals to reduce their numbers, or because they are ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#m1)
2. chose or picked out from a large group (culled facts from books). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#m2)
3. (business) cut, removed (jobs culled). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x1)
- Deer are culled in the park to protect the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x2)
- The editor culled the best stories from hundreds of letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x3)
- The company culled two hundred jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x4)
- The badgers were culled despite protests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x5)
- We culled old toys from the cupboard for the charity shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «culled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«culled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/culled.html) on Mova free.