picking
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- n the quantity of a crop that is harvested
he sent the first picking of berries to the market - n the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- v select carefully from a group
- v look for and gather
- v harass with constant criticism
- v provoke
- v remove in small bits
- v remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- v pilfer or rob
- v pay for something
- v pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- v attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- v hit lightly with a picking motion
- v eat intermittently; take small bites of