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Definitions and Meaning of pick in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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

pick

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 => pool, piciformes => Piciformes, piciform bird => Piciform birds, piciform => Piciform _(piciform)_, picidae => Woodpeckers,