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Picnic and Tour Definitions

Picnic

A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.

Tour

A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.

Picnic

(Slang) An easy task or pleasant experience
Finishing the project on time was no picnic.

Tour

A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.

Picnic

A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
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Tour

A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it
A tour of the house.

Picnic

To go on or participate in a picnic.

Tour

A journey to fulfill a round of engagements in several places
A pianist on a concert tour.

Picnic

An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
We went out for a picnic in the forest.

Tour

A shift, as in a factory.
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Picnic

The meal eaten at such a gathering.

Tour

A period of duty at a single place or job.

Picnic

(figurative) An easy or pleasant task.
We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient.

Tour

(Sports) A series of professional tournaments, as in golf.

Picnic

(obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.

Tour

To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure.

Picnic

A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.

Tour

To travel among various places while fulfilling engagements.

Picnic

To take part in a picnic.

Tour

To make a tour of
Toured Europe last summer.
Officials touring the scene of the disaster.

Picnic

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Tour

To present (a play, for example) on a tour.

Picnic

To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

Tour

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.

Picnic

A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

Tour

A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.

Picnic

Any undertaking that is easy to do;
Marketing this product will be no picnic

Tour

A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Metallica's tour of Europe

Picnic

Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

Tour

A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

Picnic

Eat alfresco, in the open air;
We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday

Tour

A street and road race, frequently multiday.

Tour

(sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.

Tour

(military) A tour of duty.

Tour

(graph theory) A closed trail.

Tour

(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.

Tour

(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
The tours of the heavenly bodies

Tour

(snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments

Tour

(dated) A tower.

Tour

(intransitive) To make a journey
The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.

Tour

(transitive) To make a circuit of a place
The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.

Tour

To toot a horn.

Tour

A tower.

Tour

A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.

Tour

A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.

Tour

Anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.

Tour

To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.

Tour

A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;
They took an extended tour of Europe
We took a quick circuit of the park
A ten-day coach circuit of the island

Tour

A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);
It's my go
A spell of work

Tour

A period of time spent in military service

Tour

Make a tour of a certain place;
We toured the Provence this summer

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