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picking   (TTS Sound)

The noun picking has 2 senses

• picking, 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")


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

The verb pick has 12 senses

• pick -- (select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully")


• pick, pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers")


• blame, find fault, pick -- (harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother")


• pick -- (provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel")


• pick -- (remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone")


• clean, pick -- (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey")


• pick -- (pilfer or rob; "pick pockets")


• foot, pick -- (pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill")


• pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin")


• pick, break up -- (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice")


• peck, pick, beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion)


• nibble, pick, piece -- (eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles")