picket

nouns

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
picket
is a type of (narrower)
a small unit of troops of special composition
detachment
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
picket
is a type of (narrower)
someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
demonstrator, protester
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
picket
domain category
the military forces of a nation
"their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine
is a type of (narrower)
vehicle used by the armed forces
military vehicle
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
pale, picket
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
picket, piquet

verbs

serve as pickets or post pickets
"picket a business to protest the layoffs"
picket
is a type of (narrower)
march in protest; take part in a demonstration
"Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
demonstrate, march
fasten with a picket
"picket the goat"
picket
is a type of (narrower)
cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
fasten, fix, secure