picking

pick·ing

 (pĭk′ĭng)

n.

1. The act of one that picks.

2. pickings Something or a group of things that are or may be picked.

3.

a. often pickings Leftovers.

b. A share of spoils.

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picking

(ˈpɪkɪŋ)

n

the act of picking someone or somethingthe act of gathering fruit or vegetables from the plantthe act of undoing a lock using something other than a key

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	picking - 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" pick output, yield, production - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
	2.	picking - the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands

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Translations

cueillette

ковыряниеколупание

picking

[ˈpɪkɪŋ] N

1. [of fruit etc] → recolección f, cosecha f; (= act of choosing) → elección f, selección f

2. pickings (= leftovers) → restos mpl, sobras fpl; (= profits) → ganancias fpl
there are rich pickings for bargain hunters at these sales → en esta liquidación hay pingües beneficios para los que van a la caza de gangas

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picking

n

(= amount of fruit picked) → Ernte f

pickings pl → Ausbeute f; (= stolen goods) → Beute f; most office workers regard pens as legitimate pickings → die meisten Büroangestellten sehen es als ihr Recht an, Kulis mitgehen zu lassen (inf) → or einzustecken; she went along to see if there were any pickings → sie ging hin, um zu sehen, ob es für sie was zu holen gab; there are rich pickings to be had → da gibt es reiche Beute; easy pickings for thieves → leichte Beute für Diebe

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