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Possibly, as in the term picking machine (agricultural), although this may be a noun adjunct.Picking is the present participle of the verb (to pick) and may be a verb form, participial, or noun (e.g. picking a team, picking cotton, picking your nose, picking through trash).
Picking is used with a be verb am/is/are/was/were picking. egpast -- I was picking a book of the shelf when I saw John fall over.present -- The manager is picking the team today.Use pick - the base verb- to make present tense sentences - They pick the best then leave the other apples on the tree.Use picked - the past verb - to make past tense sentences -- He picked all the apples off the tree last week.
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No, it is not. It is a past tense verb or past particple, and can be used as an adjective meaning selected, chosen, or taken (e.g. fruit from a tree).
Either as a verb "I pick up", or as a noun, the act of picking up.
The word pick is a verb (pick, picks, picking, picked) and a noun, a common, singular, abstract, noun. Example uses:Verb: You can pick the one you like best.Noun: You chose the pick of the litter.
grape picking,pacha picking,fig picking,cotton picking,buck barley,harvest crops,picking peas.
No, the word 'stressed' is the past participle of the verb to stress.The past participle of the verb can also function as an adjective.The word 'stress' is both a verb and a noun.Example uses:The driver stressed the importance of remaining in our seats. (verb)The stressed mother was late picking up her child. (adjective)Carrying that stack of textbooks will stress your back. (verb)The stress of waiting for the diagnosis was trying. (noun)
The verb 'will' can be either active or passive depending on the context it is used in: Active: John will call a cab. Passive: John will be picked up by a cab. The difference is that in the first example John is the one taking the action. He is calling a cab. In the second example John is being acted upon. The cab is picking him up.
(The technical term "bulling" involves mating among bulls and cows.)The likely word, from the verb to bully, is spelled bullying (picking on, intimidating).
Sherwood Picking was born in 1890.
Sherwood Picking died in 1941.