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Definition of picking:
- Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
- Nice; careful.
- of Pick
- Overburned bricks.
- Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
- Rough sorting of ore.
- That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
- The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
- The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
- The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
Synonyms:
cream, pick, pickax, culling, separating, choice, election, selection, woof, preference, plectrum, pickaxe, weft, filling, option, plectron.
Usage examples:
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Then, picking her up, he tossed her over his shoulder, and carried her up- stairs as easily as though she had been a baby, she clinging to him and laughing merrily.
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So, when it was picking up Sindbad, Florrie and I thought it wouldn't know if we got on its back too: so I got up first, and then I pulled up Florrie, and we put our arms round its neck, and away it flew.