French Meaning of pick
cueillir
Other French words related to cueillir
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Definitions and Meaning of pick in English
pick (n)
the person or thing chosen or selected
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
the best people or things in a group
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
the act of choosing or selecting
pick (v)
select carefully from a group
look for and gather
harass with constant criticism
provoke
remove in small bits
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
pilfer or rob
pay for something
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
hit lightly with a picking motion
eat intermittently; take small bites of
pick (v.)
To throw; to pitch.
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
To trim.
pick (v. i.)
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
To steal; to pilfer.
pick (n.)
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
FAQs About the word pick
cueillir
the person or thing chosen or selected, the quantity of a crop that is harvested, the best people or things in a group, the yarn woven across the warp yarn in w
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picine => piscine, piciformes => Piciformes, piciform bird => Oiseaux piciformes, piciform => Piciforme _(piciform)_, picidae => Picidés,
