I breed betta fish and cull my unwanted stock by feeding them to my oscar.
Source: tatoeba (6031488)
Cull
//cɑl//
Synonyms for "cull" (148 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
knock offlay asidelopmake a selectionmarkmonkeymugmutilatenaifnipopt forparepatsypeelpick outpick uppigeonplaythingpluckprefer
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9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
76 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- избирам verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- подбирам verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 撲殺 /扑杀 verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- 淘汰 verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
Czech
4 entries- odstřel noun (organised killing of selected animals)
- redukce noun (organised killing of selected animals)
- posbírat verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- redukovat počet verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
Dutch
4 entries- ruiming noun (organised killing of selected animals)
- ruimen verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- uitdunnen verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- uitpikken verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Estonian
4 entries- ebard noun (inferior specimen)
- harvendustapp noun (organised killing of selected animals)
- loomapraakimine noun (organised killing of selected animals)
- praak noun (individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded)
Finnish
4 entries- hylky noun (individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded)
- hylky noun (inferior specimen)
- teuras noun (individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded)
- teurastus noun (organised killing of selected animals)
French
1 entries- cueillir verb (to pick or take someone or something)
German
2 entries- keulen verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- pflücken verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Hebrew
1 entries- בְּרָרָה noun (inferior specimen)
Hungarian
4 entries- kilő verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- kiszemel verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- kiválaszt verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- kiválogat verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Italian
2 entries- abbattere verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- cogliere verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Māori
3 entries- paruranga noun (inferior specimen)
- tīpako verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- tīpao verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- avskyte verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- plukke verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- plukke ut verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Polish
1 entries- odstrzał noun (organised killing of selected animals)
Portuguese
1 entries- catar verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Russian
4 entries- бракова́ть verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- вы́членить verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- выбрако́вывать verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
- вычленя́ть verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Spanish
4 entries- entresacar verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- escardar verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- machetear verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- refugar verb (to pick or take someone or something)
Swedish
2 entries- plocka verb (to pick or take someone or something)
- skjuta av verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
Welsh
1 entries- cwlino verb (to select animals from a group and then kill them)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
There is no reason to cull pigs right now.
Source: tatoeba (10352285)
1984, cover star: JOE DALLESANDRO culled from Andy Warhol's FLESH — anonymous; sleeve notes from The Smiths' eponymous album
Source: wiktionary
[T]he yellowbanded bees, / Through half-open lattices / Coming in the scented breeze, / Fed thee, a child, lying alone, / With whitest honey in fairy gardens culled— […]
Source: wiktionary
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