Picking

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  • noun. The act of one that picks.
  • noun. Something or a group of things that are or may be picked.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Leftovers.
  • noun. A share of spoils.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who picks, in any sense.
  • noun. In stone-working, same as dabbing, 1.
  • noun. The final dressing or finishing of woven fabrics by going over the surface and removing burs and blemishes by hand, or retouching the color with dye by means of a camel's-hair pencil.
  • noun. plural That which one can pick up or off; anything left to be picked or gleaned.
  • noun. Pilfering; stealing; also, that which is obtained by petty pilfering; perquisites gotten by means not strictly honest.
  • noun. Removing picks or defects in electrotype plates with the tools of an electrotype-finisher.
  • noun. plural The pulverized shells of oysters, used in making walks.
  • noun. A hard-burned brick.
  • noun. A rough sorting or cleaning, as of coal, from impurities.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
  • noun. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
  • noun. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
  • noun. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
  • noun. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
  • noun. Rough sorting of ore.
  • noun. Overburned bricks.
  • adjective. Done or made as with a pointed tool.
  • adjective. Nice; careful.
  • adjective. See Picker, n., 3.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of pick.
  • noun. A gathering to pick fruit.
  • noun. Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
  • noun. Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quantity of a crop that is harvested
  • noun. the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
  • Word Usage
    "Lift-sharers Jane and Steven, for example, have redefined the meaning of the phrase "picking somebody up"."
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