Word Study
picking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun picking has 2 senses
- picking(n = noun.quantity) pick - 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" is a kind of output, production, yield
- picking(n = noun.act) Array - the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.); Array is a kind of manual labor, manual labour
Derived form verb pick2
CIDE DICTIONARY
picking, n.
- The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. [1913 Webster]
- The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. [1913 Webster]
- That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. [1913 Webster]
- Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered. [1913 Webster]
- The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
- Rough sorting of ore. [1913 Webster]
- Overburned bricks. Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
picking, a.
- Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound. [1913 Webster]
- Nice; careful. [1913 Webster]" was too warm on picking work to dwell." [1913 Webster]
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