Meanings

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.)

control

to gather

finding (lost property)

to single out

found article

to pick up

to pick up

found article

to grow old

narrow escape from death

gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

reading only the important parts

gleaning

gathering up the ashes of the deceased

finder (of lost property)

finder (of lost property)

firewood gathering

rag-picker

scavenging for food