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Picking

//ˈpɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A gathering to pick fruit.

    "We went to a strawberry picking last June."

  2. 2
    the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

    "Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage."

  4. 4
    the quantity of a crop that is harvested wordnet
  5. 5
    Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

    "easy pickings, rich pickings"

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  1. 6
    Something picked or pulled out.

    "The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom."

  2. 7
    The act of making a choice; selection.
  3. 8
    The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
  4. 9
    The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
  5. 10
    Dabbing in stoneworking.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pick form-of, gerund, participle, present

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