culled

Meanings

• Verb

  To select or remove (animals or crops) from a larger group, especially in order to improve quality or yield.

  - "Farmers often cull their herds to maintain quality and prevent disease."
  - "The winemaker carefully culled the best grapes for the vintage."

• Verb

  To remove unwanted or unnecessary elements from a larger group, especially in order to improve quality or efficiency.

  - "The editor culled several weak articles from the magazine."
  - "The team manager culled underperforming players from the squad."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with culled
dueled , ruled , schooled , moolah , fooled

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Variants

List of all variants of culled that leads to same result
culled , cull , culler , cullers , culling , culls

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Etymology

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Old English colian, from col meaning 'to separate, collect'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'culled' comes from the Old English word 'colian', which means 'to separate'.

2. Culling is an important practice in agriculture and animal husbandry to maintain herd health and improve productivity.

3. The term 'culled' has been used metaphorically in literature to describe the process of selecting the best from a larger group.

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Related Concepts

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1. Selective breeding: A process of breeding animals or plants with desirable traits to produce offspring with those traits.

2. Quality control: A process of ensuring that a product or service meets certain standards or requirements.

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Culture

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Culling has been a practice used in agriculture and animal husbandry for centuries to maintain herd health and improve productivity. In literature, culled has been used metaphorically to describe the process of selecting the best from a larger group.

How to Memorize "culled"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine selecting the best apples from a tree or the most productive cows from a herd.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'culled' with the idea of selecting the best or most productive.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the 'C' in 'culled' stands for 'collect' or 'choose'.

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