[{"word":"pickets","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A stake driven into the ground.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a picket fence"},{"definition":"A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(sometimes figurative) A sentry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."},{"definition":"The card game piquet.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To tether to, or as if to, a picket.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to picket a horse"},{"definition":"To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/picket","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pickets"]}]