[{"word":"culling","phonetic":"/ˈkʌlɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈkʌlɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To gather, collect.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To kill (animals etc).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Anything separated or selected from a mass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cull","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/culling"]}]