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overcull

overcull verb: to cull excessively.

Verb

overcull (third-person singular simple present overculls, present participle overculling, simple past and past participle overculled)

  1. To cull excessively.
    • Do not overcull. When egg prices or cull prices, or both, are low, there is a tendency to overcull.1966, Pacific Poultryman, volume 72, page 21

Forms of overcull

third-person singular presentoverculls
present participleoverculling
past participleoverculled
pastoverculled

Origin of overcull

From over- + cull.

Questions about overcull

What does overcull mean?
Overcull means to cull excessively.
What part of speech is overcull?
Overcull is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcull?
The past tense of overcull is overculled.

Words near overcull in the dictionary

  1. overcruel
  2. overcrust
  3. overcrusted
  4. overcrusting
  5. overcrusts
  6. overcull
  7. overculled
  8. overculling
  9. overculls
  10. overcultivate
  11. overcultivated

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