entresacar — meaning in English

English meaning

• cull verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
• glean verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
• thin adj Having little distance between opposite surfaces; not thick.

Senses

entresacar is used for these senses in English:

• cull To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• glean To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
• thin To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

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.

glean — full definition

1. verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
2. verb To collect leftover crops from a field after the main harvest.

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