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picking > define

noun

  • The quantity of a crop that is harvested.
    • usage: "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
  • The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.. )

verb

  • Select carefully from a group.
    • usage: "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
  • Look for and gather.
    • usage: "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
  • Harass with constant criticism.
    • usage: "Don't always pick on your little brother"
  • Provoke.
    • usage: "pick a fight or a quarrel"
  • Remove in small bits.
    • usage: "pick meat from a bone"
  • Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits.
    • usage: "Clean the turkey"
  • Pilfer or rob.
    • usage: "pick pockets"
  • Pay for something.
    • usage: "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
  • Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.
    • usage: "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
  • Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.
    • usage: "Pick open the ice"
  • Hit lightly with a picking motion.
  • Eat intermittently; take small bites of.
    • usage: "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal-she just nibbles"
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by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary