(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If items or ideas are ~ed from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
All this, needless to say, had been ~ed second-hand from radio reports...
Laura was passing around photographs she’d ~ed from the albums at home.
VERB: be V-ed from n, V n from n
2.
To ~ animals means to kill the weaker animals in a group in order to reduce their numbers.
To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to ~ 2000 elephants.
VERB: V n
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Cull is also a noun.
In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual ~s are already routine.
N-COUNT
~ing
The ~ing of seal cubs has led to an outcry from environmental groups.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp