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Noun picket has 5 senses

lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket - a person employed to watch for something to happen
--₁ is a kind of watchman, watcher, security guard
picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
--₂ is a kind of detachment
picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
--₃ is a kind of demonstrator, protester

Derived form: verb picket₁
picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty
--₄ is a kind of military vehicle
--₄ has particulars: picket boat; picket ship
picket, pale - a wooden strip forming part of a fence
--₅ is a kind of strip
--₅ is a part of picket fence, paling
Derived form: verb picket₂

Verb picket has 2 senses

picket - serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
--₁ is one way to demonstrate, march

Derived form: noun picket₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
--₂ is one way to fasten, fix, secure

Derived form: noun picket₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP