| NOUN | person | picket, lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
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| group | picket | a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | |
| person | picket | a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | |
| artifact | picket | a vehicle performing sentinel duty | |
| artifact | picket, pale | a wooden strip forming part of a fence | |
| act | picket, piquet | a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake | |
| VERB | social | picket | serve as pickets or post pickets |
| contact | picket | fasten with a picket |
| Sounds | pih'kaht; pih'kiht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | ||
| Meaning | A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. | |
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| Synonyms | lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout | |
| Broader | watchman, watcher, security guard | A guard who keeps watch |
| Spanish | centinela, guarda, guardia, sentinel, vigilante | |
| Catalan | guàrdia, sentinella, vigilant | |
| Meaning | A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack. | |
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| Broader | detachment | A small unit of troops of special composition |
| Spanish | piquete | |
| Meaning | A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work. | |
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| Broader | demonstrator, protester | someone who participates in a public display of group feeling |
| Spanish | piquete | |
| Catalan | piquet | |
| Verbs | picket | serve as pickets or post pickets |
| Meaning | A vehicle performing sentinel duty. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | picket boat | A boat serving as a picket |
| picket ship | A ship serving as a picket | |
| Broader | military vehicle | vehicle used by the armed forces |
| Meaning | A wooden strip forming part of a fence. | |
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| Synonym | pale | |
| Part of | picket fence, paling | A fence made of upright pickets |
| Broader | strip | Thin piece of wood or metal |
| Spanish | estaca, pálido | |
| Catalan | pal | |
| Verbs | picket | fasten with a picket |
| Meaning | A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake. | |
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| Synonym | piquet | |
| Broader | torture, torturing | The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason |
| Meaning | Serve as pickets or post pickets. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "picket a business to protest the layoffs" | |
| Broader | demonstrate, march | march in protest |
| Spanish | piquetear | |
| Catalan | instal·lar piquets de vaga | |
| Nouns | picket | a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work |
| Meaning | Fasten with a picket. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "picket the goat" | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| Spanish | estacar | |
| Nouns | picket | a wooden strip forming part of a fence |
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