cueillir — meaning in English

English meaning

• cull verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
• pick verb To choose one thing from a number of options.

Senses

cueillir is used for these senses in English:

• cull To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• pick To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
• round up (transitive, idiomatic) To collect or gather (something) together.

cull — full definition

1. verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
2. verb To reduce the number of animals in a population by killing some of them in a controlled way.
3. noun The organized killing of selected animals to control numbers.

pick — full definition

1. verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
2. verb To gather or harvest, especially fruit, by pulling it from where it grows.
3. verb To pull at something repeatedly, often with the fingers.
4. verb To open a lock without the proper key, using a thin tool.
5. noun A pointed tool used for digging or breaking up hard ground; a pickaxe.

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