culling
/ˈkʌlɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- 2
To gather, collect.
- 3
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- 4
To kill (animals etc).
- 5
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
noun
- 1
The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
- 2
Anything separated or selected from a mass.
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