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1. | [ verb ] select carefully from a group | |
Examples: | : "She finally picked her successor" "He picked his way carefully" "We had to pick through a lot of data" |
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Related terms: | choose hand-pick choice chooser | |
2. | [ verb ] look for and gather | |
Synonyms: | cull pluck | |
Examples: | "pick mushrooms" "pick flowers" |
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Related terms: | gather berry mushroom learn pick_up catch pick_up pluck cull_out sieve_out picking | |
3. | [ verb ] harass with constant criticism | |
Synonyms: | blame find_fault | |
Examples: | "Don't always pick on your little brother" |
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Related terms: | criticize cynic | |
4. | [ noun ] (psychology) the person or thing chosen or selected | |
Synonyms: | choice selection | |
Examples: | "he was my pick for mayor" |
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Related terms: | decision_making way favorite pleasure | |
5. | [ verb ] provoke | |
Examples: | : "pick a fight or a quarrel" |
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Related terms: | provoke | |
6. | [ verb ] remove in small bits | |
Examples: | : "pick meat from a bone" |
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Related terms: | remove | |
7. | [ verb ] remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit | |
Synonyms: | clean | |
Examples: | "Clean the turkey" |
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Related terms: | remove | |
8. | [ noun ] (sociology) the best people or things in a group | |
Synonyms: | cream | |
Examples: | "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" |
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Related terms: | elite | |
9. | [ noun ] the quantity of a crop that is harvested | |
Synonyms: | picking | |
Examples: | "he sent the first picking of berries to the market" "it was the biggest peach pick in years" |
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Related terms: | output indefinite_quantity | |
10. | [ noun ] a thin sharp implement used for picking | |
Examples: | "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks" |
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Related terms: | hand_tool toothpick icepick | |
11. | [ verb ] pay for something | |
Synonyms: | foot | |
Examples: | "pick up the tab" "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" "foot the bill" |
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Related terms: | pay | |
12. | [ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of | |
Synonyms: | munch piece nibble | |
Examples: | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" |
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Related terms: | gorge eat piece | |
13. | [ noun ] a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | |
Synonyms: | plectron plectrum | |
Related terms: | device guitar_pick pluck | |
14. | [ noun ] (sport,basketball) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | |
Examples: | "he was called for setting an illegal pick" |
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Related terms: | basketball_play | |
15. | [ noun ] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | |
Synonyms: | weft filling woof | |
Related terms: | yarn weave fabric | |
16. | [ verb ] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | |
Synonyms: | break_up | |
Examples: | "Pick open the ice" |
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Related terms: | pierce chop | |
17. | [ verb ] pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings | |
Synonyms: | plunk pluck | |
Examples: | "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
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Related terms: | pull twang | |
18. | [ verb ] hit lightly with a picking motion | |
Synonyms: | peck beak | |
Related terms: | strike beak | |
19. | [ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of | |
Synonyms: | piece nibble | |
Examples: | "He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food" |
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Related terms: | eat | |
20. | [ verb ] (law,criminal law) pilfer or rob | |
Examples: | : "pick pockets" |
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Related terms: | rob pickings | |
21. | [ noun ] a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | |
Synonyms: | pickaxe pickax | |
Examples: | "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" |
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Related terms: | edge_tool mattock | |
22. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12751 | |
23. | [ noun ] the act of choosing or selecting | |
Synonyms: | selection choice option | |
Examples: | "your choice of colors was unfortunate" "you can take your pick" |
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Related terms: | action decision vote sampling volition election colouration casting | |
Similar spelling: |
picky pic pike pika piece pix pij pig pixy piss Pisa Pigg Pico pica |