To select and use; to put into practice a method, policy, or technique

to adopt, carry out, or choose to implement a policy, measure, attitude, or course of action

(of a journalist) to interview people or gather news or material for a story

to choose and purchase items, often in large quantities or for an organization or business

to gather or collect materials or information; to harvest specimens, seeds, or folk stories

to accept or adopt suggestions, advice, or requests

to extract minerals or ores from the earth by manual or mechanical means; the process of mining

to pick or pluck flowers, fruit, or leaves

to collect samples; to take a sample for testing or analysis

to interview a subject and write up the story for publication

To obtain or admit natural light into a building or to capture it in photography

to extract coal from a coal seam

To use heating equipment to maintain a comfortable temperature inside a building during cold weather

To draw or collect blood, especially for a medical test or donation

to cut down trees for timber

To pick, gather, or harvest crops or fruit.

to gather news or information and edit it for publication or broadcast

A buyer or purchasing agent, typically a business or professional entity involved in procurement.

to dig up or extract minerals and resources; to excavate; to mine

to forage, as of animals; to gather food for eating; to pick and eat

to extract or recover oil; oil extraction

A type of regional folk opera popular in provinces south of the Yangtze River

stone pit; a place where stone or gravel is excavated for building or road construction

a staff member responsible for buying goods or supplies for a company or organization; buyer

(mining) capable of being extracted; workable; recoverable

to excavate; to dig for; to gather or harvest by digging, especially for resources like herbs or minerals

to draw on the strong points of others; to widely adopt the advantages of different people or groups

the mining industry; mining operations

to pick; to pluck; to gather

to extract ore or coal by stoping, a method of excavating using stepped terraces; specifically to mine backward from the end of a tunnel toward the entrance to ensure safety

to choose and buy; to do shopping for an organization or household

The percentage of a resource, such as oil or gas, that can be extracted from a reservoir

to select and collect seeds for planting

gather raw materials and process them into a finished product, such as herbal medicines or tea

extract stone from the earth

sampling rate; the frequency at which a continuous signal is measured to convert it into a digital signal

To log mature trees while simultaneously cultivating and breeding new seedlings to ensure forest regrowth.

To procure or buy goods and transport them to a destination

to gather and write down or document information, stories, or traditions

to gather pearls from the water; to engage in pearl diving

to adopt and carry out a system, policy, or strategy; to implement

To collect or fish out useful aquatic plants and animals from the water

to collect and inquire about local practices and folk customs

A polite, self-deprecating way to refer to one's own minor illness or physical indisposition, often used as an excuse for not attending a meeting

the ratio of waste material to ore in mining; stripping-to-ore ratio

to gather or pick up from various sources; same as the literary term for collecting information or materials

to extract patterns and knowledge from large sets of data

an interview conducted at the scene of an event

to engage in illegal mining, logging, or harvesting of natural resources; illegal extraction