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pointing out

exposing

picking out

to pick

knob

thinning (buds and branches)

total removal of an organ or tissue

fish balls

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt)

summary

summarization

explaining

picking

picking

snack (to have with a drink)

thinning out fruit

hysterectomy

snack (to have with a drink)

picking apples

pruning excess leaves

going to the toilet (of a woman)

flower picking

spring picking

safflower

summary

to sum up

syllabus

picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)

picking herbs and wildflowers

castration

tea harvesting (picking)

tea-picking song

oophorectomy

picking mulberry leaves

thinning out buds

to nip (something) in the bud

picking cotton

extended hysterectomy

lumpectomy

to pluck

splenectomy

tonsillectomy

removing extra buds (to promote the growth of those remaining)