26984 words

cull

5 definitions • 8 examples
1
When people cull animals, they kill them, especially the weaker members of a particular group of them, in order to reduce or limit their number:

Examples:

The plan to cull large numbers of baby seals has angered environmental groups.
2
to collect parts or pieces of something to use for another purpose:

Examples:

She went to strange lands to cull recipes for her book.
3
If you cull animals or plants, you kill or remove them:

Examples:

to cull growing herds before they run out of food
culling dead timber
4
to reduce the number of people that work for a particular company by a large amount:

Examples:

The programme of redundancies was intended to cull 1000 jobs.
The company has culled 1,900 people from its workforce.
5
a large reduction in the number of people that work for a particular company:

Examples:

The cull will affect almost 15% of the 7,000 staff.
a management/staff cull

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