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1. The quantity of a crop that is harvested
   "he sent the first picking of berries to the market";
   - pick
    
2. The act of picking (crops, fruit or hops etc.)

1. Select carefully from a group
   "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
    
2. Look for and gather
   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers";
   - pluck, cull
    
3. Harass with constant criticism
   "Don't always pick on your little brother";
   - blame, find fault
    
4. Provoke
   "pick a fight or a quarrel"
    
5. Remove in small bits
   "pick meat from a bone"
    
6. Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
   "pick the turkey";
   - clean
    
7. Pilfer or rob
   "pick pockets"
    
8. Pay for something
   "pick up the tab";
   - foot
    
9. Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
   "he picked the strings of his mandolin";
   - pluck, plunk
    
10. Hit for example ice or rocky ground) with or as if with a pickaxe
    "Pick open the ice";
    - break up
     
11. Hit lightly with a picking motion
    - peck, beak
     
12. Eat intermittently; take small bites of
    "She never eats a full meal--she just picks";
    - nibble, piece

Derived forms: pickings

See also: hear, pick over, pick up, pluck, receive

Type of: call forth, choose, collect, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], draw, eat, evoke, garner, gather, kick up [informal], knock [informal], manual labor [US], manual labour [Brit, Cdn], output, pay, pick apart, pick out, pierce, production, provoke, pull, pull together, remove, rob, select, strike, take, take away, withdraw, yield

Encyclopedia: Picking