verb

1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

   “Don't pick at that scab.”

2. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.

   “It's time to pick the tomatoes.”

3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

   “She picked flowers in the meadow.”

noun

1. A gathering to pick fruit.

   “We went to a strawberry picking last June.”

2. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

3. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

Synonyms: leftover