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picking
Overview of noun picking
The noun picking has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. picking, pick -- (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")
2. picking -- (the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.))
Overview of verb pick
The verb pick has 12 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (14) pick -- (select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully")
2. (4) pick, pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers")
3. (2) blame, find fault, pick -- (harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother")
4. (1) pick -- (provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel")
5. (1) pick -- (remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone")
6. (1) clean, pick -- (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey")
7. pick -- (pilfer or rob; "pick pockets")
8. foot, pick -- (pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill")
9. pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin")
10. pick, break up -- (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice")
11. peck, pick, beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion)
12. nibble, pick, piece -- (eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun picking
2 senses of picking
Sense 1
picking, pick
=> output, yield, production
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
picking
=> manual labor, manual labour
=> labor, labour, toil
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun picking
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun picking
2 senses of picking
Sense 1
picking, pick
=> output, yield, production
Sense 2
picking
=> manual labor, manual labour
Antonyms of noun picking
Member Holonyms of noun picking
Substance Holonyms of noun picking
Part Holonyms of noun picking
Member Meronyms of noun picking
Substance Meronyms of noun picking
Part Meronyms of noun picking
Meronyms of noun picking
Holonyms of noun picking
Attributes of noun picking
Derived Forms of noun picking
1 of 2 senses of picking
Sense 2
picking
RELATED TO>(verb) pick#2
=> pick, pluck, cull
Domain of noun picking
Domain Terms of noun picking
Familiarity of noun picking
picking used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun picking
2 senses of picking
Sense 1
picking, pick
> output, yield, production
=> picking, pick
Sense 2
picking
> manual labor, manual labour
=> application, coating, covering
=> bodywork
=> handling
=> picking
=> planking
=> wiring
Meronyms of noun picking
2 senses of picking
Holonyms of noun picking
Grep of noun picking
picking
pickings
Antonyms of verb pick
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pick
12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
=> gather, garner, collect, pull together
Also See> pick up#9; pick up#14; pick up#3; pick off#2; pick over#1; pick up#5
Sense 3
blame, find fault, pick
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 4
pick
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 5
pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 6
clean, pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 7
pick
=> rob
=> steal
=> take
Sense 8
foot, pick
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
=> pull, draw, force
=> move, displace
Sense 10
pick, break up
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 11
peck, pick, beak
=> strike
=> touch
Sense 12
nibble, pick, piece
=> eat
=> eat
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pick
3 of 12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
=> hand-pick
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
=> mushroom
=> berry
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
=> twang
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pick
12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
=> gather, garner, collect, pull together
Also See> pick up#9; pick up#14; pick up#3; pick off#2; pick over#1; pick up#5
Sense 3
blame, find fault, pick
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sense 4
pick
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
Sense 5
pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 6
clean, pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 7
pick
=> rob
Sense 8
foot, pick
=> pay
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
=> pull, draw, force
Sense 10
pick, break up
=> pierce
Sense 11
peck, pick, beak
=> strike
Sense 12
nibble, pick, piece
=> eat
'Cause To' of verb pick
Derived Forms of verb pick
6 of 12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#9
=> choice, selection, option, pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#3
=> cream, pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#1
=> choice, pick, selection
RELATED TO>(noun) picker#1
=> picker, chooser, selector
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#2
=> picking, pick
RELATED TO>(noun) picker#2
=> picker
RELATED TO>(noun) picking#2
=> picking
Sense 5
pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#6
=> pick
Sense 7
pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pickings#1
=> pickings, taking
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#5
=> pick, plectrum, plectron
Sense 10
pick, break up
RELATED TO>(noun) pick#7
=> pick, pickax, pickaxe
Domain of verb pick
Domain Terms of verb pick
Familiarity of verb pick
pick used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =12)
Sample Sentences of verb pick
12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
blame, find fault, pick
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
pick
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
pick
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
clean, pick
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
pick
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
foot, pick
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 10
pick, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
peck, pick, beak
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 12
nibble, pick, piece
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb pick
12 senses of pick
Sense 1
pick
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
> gather, garner, collect, pull together
=> mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
=> rake
=> reap, harvest, glean
=> hive
=> salvage, scavenge
=> muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up
=> round up
=> pick, pluck, cull
=> nut
=> snail
=> birdnest, bird-nest
=> nest
=> oyster
=> sponge
=> pearl
=> clam
=> shock
=> pile up, heap up, stack up
Sense 3
blame, find fault, pick
> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> reprimand, censure, criminate
=> savage, pillory, crucify
=> admonish, reprove
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> reprehend
=> deplore
=> belabor, belabour
=> come down
=> denounce
=> blame, find fault, pick
=> disparage, belittle, pick at
=> nitpick
=> attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Sense 4
pick
> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
=> pick
Sense 5
pick
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 6
clean, pick
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 7
pick
> rob
=> hold up, stick up
=> pick
Sense 8
foot, pick
> pay
=> subsidize, subsidise
=> finance
=> put up, contribute
=> compensate, recompense, remunerate
=> overpay
=> underpay
=> prepay
=> go Dutch
=> compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
=> tithe
=> remit
=> redeem, pay off
=> spend, expend, drop
=> bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> refund, return, repay, give back
=> foot, pick
=> disburse, pay out
=> charge
=> pay cash
=> defray
=> kick back
=> prefer
Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
> pull, draw, force
=> twitch
=> pull back
=> adduct
=> abduct
=> stretch
=> pluck, plunk, pick
=> tug
=> drag
=> haul, hale, cart, drag
=> attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
=> yank, jerk
=> winch
=> pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
Sense 10
pick, break up
> pierce
=> pick, break up
Sense 11
peck, pick, beak
> strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
=> spur
=> peck, pick, beak
=> tap, tip
=> hew
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> chop
=> slap
=> sclaff
=> buffet, knock about, batter
Sense 12
nibble, pick, piece
> eat
=> wash down
=> gluttonize, gluttonise, fress
=> wolf, wolf down
=> slurp
=> fare
=> pitch in, dig in
=> pick at, peck at, peck
=> peck, pick up
=> gobble, bolt
=> garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down
=> nibble, pick, piece
=> ruminate
=> dunk, dip
=> devour, guttle, raven, pig
=> eat up, finish, polish off
=> devour, down, consume, go through
=> fill up, fill
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pick
Sense 1
pick
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 2
pick, pluck, cull
=> gather, garner, collect, pull together
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Sense 3
blame, find fault, pick
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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Sense 4
pick
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
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Sense 5
pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 6
clean, pick
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 7
pick
=> rob
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Sense 8
foot, pick
=> pay
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Sense 9
pluck, plunk, pick
=> pull, draw, force
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Sense 10
pick, break up
=> pierce
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Sense 11
peck, pick, beak
=> strike
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Sense 12
nibble, pick, piece
=> eat
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Grep of verb pick
hand-pick
nitpick
pick
pick apart
pick at
pick off
pick out
pick over
pick up
pick up the gauntlet
picket
pickle
unpick
Grep of adj picking
nitpicking
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