Synonyms for picking
pick·ing

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1. pickingnoun

   A gathering to pick fruit.

   We went to a strawberry picking last June.

   Synonyms:
   leftover

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. picking, picknoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, weft

2. pickingnoun

   the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

   Synonyms:
   pick

Matched Categories

1. • Manual Labor
   • Output

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1. List of paraphrases for "picking":

   pick, collection, gathering

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How to use picking in a sentence?

1. Trivago CEO Axel Hefer:

   Inflation is obviously picking up everywhere, in the Western world in particular, that means people are overall more cost-conscious.

2. Simon Coveney:

   I think for the first time we're seeing very direct language which points to a much softer Brexit than I think some people have been commenting on and that has to be welcomed, i don't think they (the EU) will accept it in full but I hope it can be the basis for a serious negotiation now. I think there will be some concerns in the EU that this is essentially Britain picking and choosing what elements of the single market it wants to be part of.

3. Chris Baker:

   I think we've seen a lot of the negative stuff already, with people acting out against foreigners, and we'll get more of that, we've seen some impact of people not coming here - you know, a shortage of nursing, and soon a shortage of people picking vegetables and all those summer-type jobs that English people don't want to do.

4. Ben Carson:

   When you get into the ins and outs of every denomination you can be picking at each other till the end of times about things you shouldn't be worried about.

5. James Comey:

   There was a boy that the group found irritating, and I participated in picking on him, some things I did. Some things I watched. Some things I just laughed at. And I'm, 40 years later, ashamed of James Comey, and it taught me a lot about James Comey and about people in groups.