noun Download 🔗Share A stake driven into the ground. Examples : "a picket fence" property material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake. Examples : "During the harsh military training, soldiers who disobeyed orders sometimes faced pickets as punishment, forced to stand on sharp stakes until they collapsed. " law action history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls. Examples : "The mountaineer hammered the pickets deep into the icy slope for safety. " sport technical item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function. Examples : "The general ordered the pickets to be stationed around the perimeter of the camp to watch for any sign of the approaching enemy. " military position war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (sometimes figurative) A sentry. Examples : "The security guards acted as pickets, watching the entrances for any suspicious activity. " military police person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself. Examples : "Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent." politics government society work organization economy law action position group state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The card game piquet. Examples : "During the rainy afternoon, they decided to stay inside and play pickets. " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment. Examples : "The union workers picketed the factory to demand better wages. " politics organization job business economy industry society work action demand right Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes. Examples : "The construction crew picked the perimeter of the new playground with wooden pickets to keep children safe. " property architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tether to, or as if to, a picket. Examples : "to picket a horse" property action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. Examples : "The soldiers picketed the road leading to the town, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. " military police war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. inhuman suffering war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading