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1. picking - noun

· the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"

Synonym(s): pick

Hypernym(s): output, yield, production




2. picking - noun

· the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

Hypernym(s): manual_labor, manual_labour




3. pick - verb

· select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"

Hypernym(s): choose, take, select, pick_out




4. pick - verb

· look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

Synonym(s): pluck, cull

Hypernym(s): gather, garner, collect, pull_together




5. pick - verb

· harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"

Synonym(s): blame, find_fault

Hypernym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart




6. pick - verb

· provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"

Hypernym(s): provoke, evoke, call_forth, kick_up




7. pick - verb

· remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw




8. pick - verb

· remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"

Synonym(s): clean

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw




9. pick - verb

· pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

Hypernym(s): rob




10. pick - verb

· pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

Synonym(s): foot

Hypernym(s): pay




11. pick - verb

· pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

Synonym(s): pluck, plunk

Hypernym(s): pull, draw




12. pick - verb

· attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"

Synonym(s): break_up

Hypernym(s): pierce




13. pick - verb

· hit lightly with a picking motion

Synonym(s): peck, beak

Hypernym(s): strike




14. pick - verb

· eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

Synonym(s): nibble, piece

Hypernym(s): eat





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