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Definition of 'pick at'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pick at, pluck at, pull at
pluck or pull at with the fingers
"She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse"

2. (verb) pick at, peck at, peck
eat like a bird
"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

3. (verb) disparage, belittle, pick at
express a negative opinion of
"She disparaged her student's efforts"

Definition of 'pick at'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pick at
to scratch or pull on repeatedly
He picked at a hole in his jeans.

2. pick at
to eat very little of your food
She was quiet and just picked at her breakfast.

Translation of 'pick at'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to eat very little of (something) He was not very hungry, and just picked at the food on his plate.
Afrikaans: onwillig weet	Arabic: يأكُل قَليلا بدون شَهِيَّ	Bulgarian: хапвам
Brazilian: beliscar	Czech: zobnout si	German: herumstochern
Danish: stikke til	Greek: τσιμπώ, τρώω πολύ λίγο	Spanish: comer sin ganas
Estonian: näkitsema	Farsi: کم خوردن	Finnish: syödä hyvin vähän
French: chipoter	Hebrew: לְנַקֵר	Hindi: बहुत थोड़ा सा खाना
Croatian: prčati, jesti bez volje	Hungarian: csipeget (azételből)	Indonesian: makan sedikit
Icelandic: nartaí	Italian: mangiucchiare, piluccare	Japanese: ～をちょっと食べる
Korean: (음식을)께질거리며 먹다	Lithuanian: knebenti	Latvian: knibināties (ap ēdienu)
Malay: menjamah-jamah	Dutch: kieskauwen aan	Norwegian: pirke/pille i
Polish: jeść od niechcenia, skuba	Persian: کم خوردن	Pashto: لیږ خورل
Portuguese: esgravatar	Romanian: a ciuguli (din)	Russian: есть маленькими кусочками
Slovak: zobnúť si	Slovenian: pojesti nekaj malega	Serbian: prebirati
Swedish: peta i	Thai: เล็ม	Turkish: didikleyerek yemek
Taiwanese: (因無食慾)挑挑揀揀地吃	Ukrainian: дзьобати	Urdu: بہت کم کھانا
Vietnamese: nhấm nháp	Chinese: 少量地吃
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