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Definition of 'Pick'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) pick
to choose or select, esp. with care.

2.  pick
to seek and find occasion for; provoke:
to pick a fight.

3.  pick
to attempt to find; seek out:
to pick flaws in an argument.

4.  pick
to steal the contents of:
to pick a pocket.

5.  pick
to open (a lock) with a device other than the key, esp. for the purpose of burglary.

6.  pick
to pierce, dig into, or break up (something) with a pointed instrument:
to pick ore.

7.  pick
to form (a hole) by such action.

8.  pick
to use a pointed instrument or the fingers on (a thing), to remove particles or adhering matter:
to pick one's teeth.

9.  pick
to prepare for use by removing a covering, as feathers:
to pick a fowl.

10.  pick
to detach or remove piece by piece with the fingers:
to pick meat from the bones.

11.  pick
to pluck or gather one by one:
to pick flowers.

12.  pick
(of birds or other animals) to take up (small bits of food) with the bill or teeth.

13.  pick
to eat daintily or in small morsels.

14.  pick
to separate, pull apart, or pull to pieces:
to pick fibers.

15.  pick
to pluck (the strings of a musical instrument).

16.  pick
to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking with the fingers.

17. (v.i.) pick
to use a pick or other pointed instrument on something.

18.  pick
to select carefully or fastidiously.

19.  pick
to pilfer; steal.

20.  pick
to pluck or gather fruit, flowers, etc.

21.  pick
to find fault with; nag.

22.  pick
to eat sparingly or daintily.

23.  pick
to grasp at; touch; handle.

24.  pick
to remove by pulling or plucking off.

25.  pick
to single out and shoot:
The hunter picked off a duck rising from the marsh.

26.  pick
Baseball. to put out (a base runner) in a pick-off play.

27.  pick
to criticize or blame; tease; harass.

28.  pick
to single out; choose.

29.  pick
to choose; select.

30.  pick
to distinguish from that which surrounds or accompanies:
to pick out a well-known face in a crowd.

31.  pick
to discern (sense or meaning).

32.  pick
to work out (a melody) note by note; play by ear.

33.  pick
to extract by picking.

34.  pick
to lift or take up:
to pick up a stone.

35.  pick
to cause (one's courage, health, etc.) to recover.

36.  pick
to gain, obtain, or learn casually or by occasional opportunity:
I've picked up a few Japanese phrases.

37.  pick
to take on as a passenger.

38.  pick
to bring into range of reception, observation, etc.:
to pick up Rome on one's radio.

39.  pick
to accelerate; gain (speed).

40.  pick
to put in good order; tidy.

41.  pick
to make progress; improve:
Business is picking up.

42.  pick
to become acquainted with informally or casually, often in hope of a sexual relationship.

43.  pick
to resume or continue after being left off.

44.  pick
become aware of; notice.

45. (n.) pick
the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection:
Take your pick.

46.  pick
a person or thing selected.

47.  pick
the choicest or most desirable part, example, or examples:
This horse is the pick of the stable.

48.  pick
the right of selection.

49.  pick
the quantity of a crop picked at a particular time.

50.  pick
a stroke with something pointed.

51.  pick
a basketball maneuver or positioning to prevent a defender from interfering with a teammate's shot.

52. (n.) pick
a heavy tool consisting of a curved metal head tapering to a point at one or both ends, mounted on a wooden handle, and used for breaking up soil, rock, etc.

53.  pick
any pointed tool or instrument for picking:
an ice pick.

54.  pick
a comb with long, widely spaced teeth.

55. (v.t.) pick
to cast (a shuttle).

56. (n.) pick
(in a loom) one passage of the shuttle.

57.  pick
a single thread of filling yarn.

Etymology: (1555–65; earlier a pickback; see pick¹, back¹)

Definition of 'Pick'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) choice, pick, selection
the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"

2. (noun) picking, pick
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
"he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"

3. (noun) cream, pick
the best people or things in a group
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

4. (noun) woof, weft, filling, pick
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

5. (noun) pick, plectrum, plectron
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

6. (noun) pick
a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
"he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"

7. (noun) pick, pickax, pickaxe
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
"they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

8. (noun) pick
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
"he was called for setting an illegal pick"

9. (verb) choice, selection, option, pick
the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

10. (verb) pick
select carefully from a group
"She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"

11. (verb) pick, pluck, cull
look for and gather
"pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

12. (verb) blame, find fault, pick
harass with constant criticism
"Don't always pick on your little brother"

13. (verb) pick
provoke
"pick a fight or a quarrel"

14. (verb) pick
remove in small bits
"pick meat from a bone"

15. (verb) clean, pick
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
"Clean the turkey"

16. (verb) pick
pilfer or rob
"pick pockets"

17. (verb) foot, pick
pay for something
"pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

18. (verb) pluck, plunk, pick
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

19. (verb) pick, break up
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
"Pick open the ice"

20. (verb) peck, pick, beak
hit lightly with a picking motion

21. (verb) nibble, pick, piece
eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

Definition of 'Pick'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pick
to decide which of two or more things you want; = choose
Ellie picked the red one.; He was picked to be the new principal.

2.  pick
to take a fruit or flower off a plant
We were picking apples.; He picked a flower and handed it to her.

3.  pick
to scratch or tear pieces off
Don't pick your zits.

4.  pick
pick sb's brains
to ask for information
I need to pick your brains about fund raising.

5.  pick
pick a fight
to deliberately start a fight
He got drunk and picked a fight with someone.

6.  pick
pick your nose
to pull mucus from your nose

7. (noun) pick
a piece of plastic used to play a guitar
a guitar pick

8.  pick
a sharp tool for breaking into hard surfaces
an ice pick

9.  pick
sb's pick
sb or sth you think will win or be the best
Who's your pick to win the series?

10.  pick
have your pick
to be allowed to choose whatever you want
He had his pick of good jobs.

11.  pick
the pick of
the best of
Their new diesel is the pick of the bunch.

12.  pick
take your pick
used to tell sb to choose whatever they want
Take your pick - they're all fresh from the oven.

Definition of 'Pick'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Pick
a sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock

2. (noun) Pick
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

3. (noun) Pick
a pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler

4. (noun) Pick
choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick

5. (noun) Pick
that which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock

6. (noun) Pick
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

7. (noun) Pick
that which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture

8. (noun) Pick
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

9.  Pick
to throw; to pitch

10.  Pick
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

11.  Pick
to separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc

12.  Pick
to open (a lock) as by a wire

13.  Pick
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

14.  Pick
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

15.  Pick
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

16.  Pick
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

17.  Pick
to trim

18. (verb) Pick
to eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble

19. (verb) Pick
to do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care

20. (verb) Pick
to steal; to pilfer

Translation of 'Pick'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to choose or select Pick the one you like best.
Afrikaans: kies	Arabic: يَخْتار	Bulgarian: избирам
Brazilian: escolher	Czech: vybrat si	German: auswählen
Danish: vælge	Greek: διαλέγω	Spanish: elegir, escoger
Estonian: valima	Farsi: انتخاب کردن	Finnish: valita
French: choisir	Hebrew: לִבחוֹר	Hindi: चुन लेना
Croatian: odabrati	Hungarian: (ki)szed	Indonesian: memilih
Icelandic: velja (úr)	Italian: scegliere	Japanese: 選ぶ
Korean: 선택하다	Lithuanian: rinkti(s), pasirinkti	Latvian: izvēlēties; izmeklēt
Malay: memilih	Dutch: kiezen	Norwegian: velge/plukke ut
Polish: wybierać	Persian: انتخاب کردن	Pashto: او وهل، پاكول، غونډول، شك
Portuguese: escolher	Romanian: a alege	Russian: выбирать
Slovak: vybrať si	Slovenian: izbrati	Serbian: izabrati
Swedish: välja [ut], plocka ut	Thai: เลือก	Turkish: seçmek
Taiwanese: 挑選	Ukrainian: вибирати, відбирати	Urdu: منتخب کرنا
Vietnamese: chọn	Chinese: 挑选
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