Definitions for picked
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1. Pickedadjective

   Sharp; smart.

   Etymology: pique, Fr.

   Let the stake be made picked at the top, that the jay may not settle on it. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

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1. Picked

   of Pick

2. Pickedadjective

   pointed; sharp

3. Pickedadjective

   having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes

4. Pickedadjective

   carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men

5. Pickedadjective

   fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'picked' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1760

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'picked' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1119

How to pronounce picked?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say picked in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of picked in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of picked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of picked in a Sentence

1. The Fed:

   The labor market has continued to strengthen ... economic activity has been rising at a solid rate, household spending has picked up while business fixed investment has continued to grow strongly.

2. Tom Mludzinski:

   There clearly was an industry-wide issue in that no one really picked up the size of this win to the Conservatives.

3. Van Vleet:

   We just picked the wrong time to get cold tonight, execution was pretty good. We just ran out of gas there at the end and couldn’t make enough shots.

4. Anna Wanless:

   When we get moderate to heavy rain over these recent burn scars, they can create ash or debris flows, what that means is mud, ash, and other debris such as trees, boulders and rocks can get picked up in a fast-moving flow( of water), and that can be really dangerous if people are caught in that.

5. Police Chief Randy Dufrene:

   The weather picked up real hard. We walked to the glass door to take a look, as soon as we got to the door, I could see the top of the tornado going down, crossing the road there. The door started sucking in where we were at.

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