English-French translations for picking

• cueillette
  Dans ce contexte, je souhaiterais attirer votre attention sur la situation critique du travail saisonnier de la cueillette des fraises en Espagne. Against this background, I wish to draw your attention to the plight of the seasonal workers picking strawberries in Spain.

Definition of picking

• A gathering to pick fruit
• Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food
• Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner
• Something picked or pulled out
• The act of making a choice; selection
• The removal of defects from electrotype plates

Examples

• We went to a strawberry picking last June.
• The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.

Related words

• berry-picking
• nose-picking
• nitpicking
• cotton-picking
• pickings
• nit-picking
• picking basket
• picking after the main harvest
• skin-picking disorder