Definition of "picking" []

• The act of one that picks. (noun)
• Something or a group of things that are or may be picked. (noun)
• Leftovers. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• A share of spoils. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Lift-sharers Jane and Steven, for example, have redefined the meaning of the phrase "picking somebody up"."
• "One of the best-known distressed asset investors on Wall Street, Matlin built his name picking the bones of crumbling companies like MCI WorldCom and chemicals producer Huntsman Corp. Just before the banking sector blew up in 2008, his private equity firm, MatlinPatterson Global Advisors, had little trouble raising $5 billion from investors and was ready to take advantage."
• "Except it simply amounts to one thing and he is what they call picking your brains, he ventured to throw o. ut."