cogliere — meaning in English

English meaning

• cull verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
• gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
• grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.

Senses

cogliere is used for these senses in English:

• cull To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
• grab (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

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.

gather — full definition

1. verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
2. verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
3. verb To conclude or infer something from information available.

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