· 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
· the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
Hypernym(s): manual_labor, manual_labour
· select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
Hypernym(s): choose, take, select, pick_out
· look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
Hypernym(s): gather, garner, collect, pull_together
· harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
Synonym(s): blame, find_fault
Hypernym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart
· provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
Hypernym(s): provoke, evoke, call_forth, kick_up
· remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
· remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
Synonym(s): clean
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
· pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
Hypernym(s): rob
· pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Synonym(s): foot
Hypernym(s): pay
· pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
· 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
· hit lightly with a picking motion
Hypernym(s): strike
· eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Hypernym(s): eat