Definition of pik
1. pick [ v ] 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"
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
All through July the Discovery picked her way along the 450 - mile long strait , avoiding ice and rocky islands .
(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)
Two of the new hands , a Mexican named Jose_Amado and a kid known only as Laredo , were picked for the first trick of riding night herd .
(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)
`` I 'll pick murder .
Synonyms pick Related Terms choose hand-pick choice chooser2. pick [ v ] look for and gather
Examples:
"pick mushrooms"
"pick flowers"
(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)
Pick the flowers , keep the soil dampened , and each of the pegged-down branches will take root and become a little plant and go_on blooming for the rest of the season .
(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)
One soft evening - that marvelous sea blessed time when the sun 's departing warmth lingers and a smell of spume and wrack haunts everything - Amy had picked herself off the floor and begun to walk .
(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)
Whenever she found time , she went blackberry picking with him , and they would come home together , mouths purple , arms and faces scratched , tired enough to forget grief for another day .
Synonyms pick cull pluck Related Terms gather berry mushroom learn pick_up catch pick_up pluck cull_out sieve_out picking3. pick [ v ] harass with constant criticism
Examples:
"Don't always pick on your little brother"
(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)
For over a_hundred years Southerners have felt that the North was picking on them .
It 's infuriating , this feeling that one is being picked on , continually , constantly .
Synonyms blame pick find_fault Related Terms criticize cynic4. pick [ n ] the person or thing chosen or selected
Examples:
"he was my pick for mayor"
(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)
Accident , murder , suicide - take your pick '' .
Synonyms choice selection pick Related Terms decision_making way favorite pleasure5. pick [ v ] provoke
Examples: : "pick a fight or a quarrel"
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
With Hudson looking_on , his protege Greene picked a fight with the ship 's surgeon , Edward_Wilson .
Synonyms pick Related Terms provoke6. pick [ v ] remove in small bits
Examples: : "pick meat from a bone"
(Jay Williams, The Forger....)
We hold safe little jobs illustrating tooth-paste ads or the salacious incidents in trivial novels , and most_of our easel painting is nothing but picking the fluff out of the navel so it can be contemplated in greater purity .
Synonyms pick Related Terms remove7. pick [ v ] remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit
Examples:
"Clean the turkey"
(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)
In the kitchen Glendora was despairingly picking chickens .
Synonyms clean pick Related Terms remove8. pick [ n ] the best people or things in a group
Examples:
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
9. pick [ n ] the quantity of a crop that is harvested
Examples:
"he sent the first picking of berries to the market"
"it was the biggest peach pick in years"
10. pick [ n ] a thin sharp implement used for picking
Examples:
"he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
11. pick [ v ] pay for something
Examples:
"pick up the tab"
"pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"
"foot the bill"
12. pick [ v ] eat intermittently; take small bites of
Examples:
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
13. pick [ n ] a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Synonyms plectrum plectron pick Related Terms device guitar_pick pluck14. pick [ n ] a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
Examples:
"he was called for setting an illegal pick"
15. pick [ n ] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Synonyms weft filling pick woof Related Terms yarn weave fabric16. pick [ v ] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Examples:
"Pick open the ice"
17. pick [ v ] pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings
Examples:
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
18. pick [ v ] hit lightly with a picking motion
Synonyms peck beak pick Related Terms strike beak19. pick [ v ] eat intermittently; take small bites of
Examples:
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food"
20. pick [ v ] pilfer or rob
Examples: : "pick pockets"
21. pick [ n ] a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
Examples:
"they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
22. Pick [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12751
Synonyms Pick23. pick [ n ] the act of choosing or selecting
Examples:
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"
"you can take your pick"
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