Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Pick (v.) To throw |
Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak |
Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points |
Pick (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers |
Pick (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth |
Pick (v.) To choose |
Pick (v.) To take up |
Pick (v.) To trim. |
Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels |
Pick (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things |
Pick (v. i.) To steal |
Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking |
Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc. |
Pick (n.) A pike or spike |
Pick (n.) Choice |
Pick (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first |
Pick (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
Pick (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute |
Pick-fault (n.) One who seeks out faults. |
Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time (n.) The duration of one's life |
Time (n.) A proper time |
Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. |
Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition |
Time (n.) The present life |
Time (n.) Tense. |
Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds |
Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for |
Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time |
Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of |
Time (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony. |
Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time |
Time (v. i.) To pass time |
Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time |
Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc. |
Time-table (n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains. |
Time-table (n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
choice selection option pick | the act of choosing or selecting, your choice of colors was unfortunate, you can take your pick |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
pick | a basketball maneuver, obstructing an opponent with one's body, he was called for setting an illegal pick |
pick-off | a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
bracer pick-me-up | a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
guitar pick | a plectrum used to pluck a guitar |
icepick ice pick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point, used for breaking up blocks of ice |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
pick pickax pickaxe | a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends, they used picks and sledges to break the rocks |
pick | a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material, he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks |
pick plectrum plectron | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
pickup pick-me-up | anything with restorative powers, she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
woof weft filling pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
choice pick selection | the person or thing chosen or selected, he was my pick for mayor |
space-time space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
time signature musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
good time blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
time | a person's experience on a particular occasion, he had a time holding back the tears, they had a good time together |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
time clip | an instance or single occasion for some event, this time he succeeded, he called four times, he could do ten at a clip |
cream pick | the best people or things in a group, the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
double time | a doubled wage (for working overtime) |
time and a half | a rate of pay that is . times the regular rate, for overtime work |