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- [kuhl]
- /kʌl/
- /kʌl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuhl]
- /kʌl/
Definitions of culled word
- verb with object culled to choose; select; pick. 1
- verb with object culled to gather the choice things or parts from. 1
- verb with object culled to collect; gather; pluck. 1
- noun culled act of culling. 1
- noun culled something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior. 1
- noun culled Simple past tense and past participle of cull. 1
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Origin of culled
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English coilen, cuilen, cullen < Anglo-French, Old French cuillir < Latin colligere to gather; see collect1
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Parts of speech for Culled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
culled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for culled
adjective culled
- preferred — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- recherche — sought out with care.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- picker — someone or something that picks.
Antonyms for culled
verb culled
- retained — to keep possession of.
- inserted — Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
- rejected — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- divided — separated; separate.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
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