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Definition of Picking
1. Noun. The quantity of a crop that is harvested. "It was the biggest peach pick in years"
2. Noun. The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.).
Definition of Picking
1. n. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
2. a. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
Definition of Picking
1. Verb. (present participle of pick) ¹
2. Noun. A gathering to pick fruit. ¹
3. Noun. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food. ¹
4. Noun. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Picking
1. the act of one that picks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Picking
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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. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Picking
Literary usage of Picking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"A short discussion of hand methods of hand picking. breaking and picking, ...
Appliances, results, hand picking in the mine and on the surface, ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1894)
"picking AND PACKING. A box ol cherries properly packed for shipment, ...
The picking and packing of the cherry is one of the most important matters in the ..."
3. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"The picking out of wood, rope ends, etc., is sometimes adopted to rid the ...
picking is often advantageous as relieving the concentrating machines of some ..."
4. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by Eugene Allen Gilmore, American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington (1909)
"Got thro' second picking of cotton. 15,16, picking cotton. 17, broke in a small
field of corn. 8, 9, very light frost. 18, 19, 21, picking peas. ..."
5. The Design of Mine Structures by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"picking TABLES.—Where the coal in the mine is mixed with slate, rock or other
refuse in large pieces it may be necessary to separate the coal and the refuse ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"picking and packing. Sweet pea flowers should be picked when the top flower is
at least half open, unless the flowers are to be shipped a long distance, ..."
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