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handpicking

handpicking is the present participle and gerund of handpick.

Meaning of handpick

Verb

handpick (third-person singular simple present handpicks, present participle handpicking, simple past and past participle handpicked)

  1. (transitive) To pick or harvest by hand.
    Synonyms:
    hand-select
  2. (transitive) To select carefully and with individual attention.
    • Each year they handpick seven candidates for next year's committee.
    Synonyms:
    hand-select

Phrases with handpicking

Questions about handpicking

What is handpicking the present participle and gerund of?
Handpicking is the present participle and gerund of handpick.

Words near handpicking in the dictionary

  1. handpick out
  2. handpicked
  3. handpicked out
  4. handpicker
  5. handpickers
  6. handpicking
  7. handpicking out
  8. handpicks
  9. handpicks out
  10. handpie
  11. handpiece

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handpicking (page history and authors); handpick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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