picking

[PickĀ·ing]

The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

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The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.

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

Noun
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"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pick

n.
The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.

n.
The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.

n.
That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.

n.
Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.

n.
The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.

n.
Rough sorting of ore.

n.
Overburned bricks.

a.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.

a.
Nice; careful.


Picking

Pick"ing, n. 1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. 2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. 3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. 4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered. 5. pl. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng.] Simmonds. 6. (Mining) Rough sorting of ore. 7. Overburned bricks. Simmonds.

Picking

Pick"ing, a. 1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound. 2. Nice; careful. [Obs.]
was too warm on picking work to dwell.
Picking peg. (Weaving) See Picker, n., 3.

The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.

Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.

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Usage Examples

I swear my car won't run unless I'm picking my nose: At least, I'm that superstitious about it, so I don't want to take any chances.

Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless.

I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.

In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.

If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.

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Other Usage Examples

It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.

I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.

I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

I've aways been good at picking up certain things, like sports and dancing.

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success.

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.

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