Word Direct Answers

What does "picking" mean?

Picking: The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
  2. 3.Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
  3. 4.pl. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng.] Simmonds.
  4. 5.(Mining) Rough sorting of ore.
  5. 6.Overburned bricks. Simmonds.
  6. 7.Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
  7. 8.Nice; careful. [Obs.] was too warm on picking work to dwell. Dryden. Picking peg. (Weaving) See Picker, n., 3.

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