"picking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/ Forms: pickings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} picking (plural pickings)
  1. A gathering to pick fruit.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-7-w1eOcQ
  2. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food. Synonyms (items remaining after others have selected the best): leftovers
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-PBi87FVB Disambiguation of 'items remaining after others have selected the best': 1 92 1 2 1 1 1 1
  3. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-DgQ7y-56
  4. Something picked or pulled out.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-ISZRNOGS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 8 33 1 9 2 13 25
  5. The act of making a choice; selection.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-Y6HkGm5x
  6. The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-1TEJTfdI
  7. The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-LINi-tya
  8. Dabbing in stoneworking.
    Sense id: en-picking-en-noun-p3BIcpJ2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (unscrupulously acquired gains): booty Derived forms: cotton-picking, easy pickings, garbage picking, in the picking, nit-picking, slim pickings, Travis picking
Disambiguation of 'unscrupulously acquired gains': 5 10 27 31 2 10 3 12

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} picking
  1. present participle and gerund of pick Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pick
    Sense id: en-picking-en-verb-cfQnYZg-

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