cull

• اسم يشير إلى عملية الانتقاء أو الإزالة، ويُستخدم غالبًا في سياق تقليل أعداد الحيوانات أو اختيار الأفضل من مجموعة.

A noun referring to the act of selecting or removing something, often used in the context of reducing a population of animals or selecting the best items from a group.

1. Selective removalB2formal

   The act of removing or killing animals from a group to control population or improve quality.

   الإعدام الانتقائي

   • The annual deer cull helps maintain a healthy forest ecosystem.
   • Farmers conducted a cull of sick livestock to prevent disease spread.
   • The government authorized a cull of invasive species in the region.

   المرادفاتeliminationthinning

2. Selection processC1formal

   The process of selecting and removing inferior or unwanted items from a larger group.

   الانتقاء

   • The editor performed a cull of outdated articles from the database.
   • A cull of underperforming employees was announced by management.
   • The museum's cull of duplicate artifacts freed up storage space.

   المرادفاتeliminationpruningremovalscreeningselectionsortingthinningwinnowing

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على اختيار أو جمع شيء من مجموعة أكبر، غالبًا بقصد إزالته أو تقليله؛ ويُستعمل أيضًا في سياق فرز الحيوانات أو النباتات لإبقاء الأفضل أو استبعاد غير المرغوب فيه.

A verb used to indicate the act of selecting or gathering something from a larger group, often with the intention of removing or reducing.

1. Select or gatherB2formal

   To choose or collect something from a larger group, often with care.

   الانتقاء والجمع

   • The editor culled the best articles for the anthology.
   • She culled the most relevant data from the report.
   • They culled the finest examples from the collection.

   المرادفاتchoosecollectgathergleanpickselectsiftsort

   الأضدادdiscardreject

2. Reduce populationB2formal

   To selectively kill animals in a population to control its size or health.

   الإعدام الانتقائي للحيوانات

   • The park rangers culled the deer population to prevent overgrazing.
   • Farmers cull weak animals from the herd to improve breeding.
   • The government authorized a cull of invasive species.

   المرادفاتdestroyeliminatereduceremoveslaughterthin out

   الأضدادbreedconserveincreasepreservepropagateprotect

الصيغ المركّبةcull out