52. (n.)pick a heavytool consisting of a curved metalheadtapering 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.
Etymology: (1555–65; earlier a pickback; see pick1, back1)
Definition of 'Pick'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)choice, pick, selection the person or thingchosen 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 bestpeople 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 warpyarn in weaving
6. (noun)pick a thin sharpimplement used for removing unwanted material "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
7. (noun)pick, pickax, pickaxe a heavyirontool 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 constantcriticism "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 pickingmotion
21. (verb)nibble, pick, piece eat intermittently; takesmall bites of "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
9. pick sb's pick sb or sth you thinkwill 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 heavyiron 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
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 loombeing 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
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
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