DICTOMETER

PICKING

1. Synonyms:
   • Picking
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • the quantity of a crop that is harvested
   Examples:
   • He sent the first picking of berries to the market
   • It was the biggest peach pick in years
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Picking
   Definitions:
   • the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • select carefully from a group
   Examples:
   • She finally picked her successor
   • He picked his way carefully
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Pick
   • Pluck
   • Cull
   Definitions:
   • look for and gather
   Examples:
   • Pick mushrooms
   • Pick flowers
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blame
   • Find fault
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • harass with constant criticism
   Examples:
   • Don't always pick on your little brother
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • provoke
   Examples:
   • Pick a fight or a quarrel
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • remove in small bits
   Examples:
   • Pick meat from a bone
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Clean
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
   Examples:
   • Clean the turkey
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • pilfer or rob
   Examples:
   • Pick pockets
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Foot
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • pay for something
   Examples:
   • Pick up the tab
   • Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
   • Foot the bill
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Pluck
   • Plunk
   • Pick
   Definitions:
   • pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
   Examples:
   • He plucked the strings of his mandolin
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Pick
    • Break up
    Definitions:
    • attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    Examples:
    • Pick open the ice
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Peck
    • Pick
    • Beak
    Definitions:
    • hit lightly with a picking motion
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Nibble
    • Pick
    • Piece
    Definitions:
    • eat intermittently
    • take small bites of
    Examples:
    • He pieced at the sandwich all morning
    • She never eats a full meal