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Pick   /pɪk/   Listen
Pick

verb
(past & past part. picked; pres. part. picking)
1.
Select carefully from a group.  "He picked his way carefully"
2.
Look for and gather.  Synonyms: cull, pluck.  "Pick flowers"
3.
Harass with constant criticism.  Synonyms: blame, find fault.
4.
Provoke.
5.
Remove in small bits.
6.
Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits.  Synonym: clean.
7.
Pilfer or rob.
8.
Pay for something.  Synonym: foot.  "Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" , "Foot the bill"
9.
Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.  Synonyms: pluck, plunk.
10.
Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.  Synonym: break up.
11.
Hit lightly with a picking motion.  Synonyms: beak, peck.
12.
Eat intermittently; take small bites of.  Synonyms: nibble, piece.  "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
noun
1.
The person or thing chosen or selected.  Synonyms: choice, selection.
2.
The quantity of a crop that is harvested.  Synonym: picking.  "It was the biggest peach pick in years"
3.
The best people or things in a group.  Synonym: cream.
4.
The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.  Synonyms: filling, weft, woof.
5.
A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.  Synonyms: plectron, plectrum.
6.
A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material.
7.
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.  Synonyms: pickax, pickaxe.
8.
A basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body.
9.
The act of choosing or selecting.  Synonyms: choice, option, selection.  "You can take your pick"



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"Pick" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bompain, but the unfortunate fellow knows nothing of Paris; he has been, as it were, bewildered ever since his arrival. You will tell me that you also come straight from the country, but that does not matter. Well brought up as you are, a southerner, alert and adaptable, you will quickly pick up the routine of the Boulevard. For the rest, I myself undertake your education from that point of view. In a few weeks you will find yourself, I answer for it, as much at home in Paris as ...
— The Nabob • Alphonse Daudet
... to accept this invitation let me know by telephone and we will arrange for me to pick you up when I drive out early in the afternoon. I do ...
— Spring Street - A Story of Los Angeles • James H. Richardson
... the hall, but she turned and spoke through the doorway. "I've only asked you not to be an idiot. I merely beg, for all our sakes, that if something precious is flung down at your feet you'll have the common sense to stoop and pick it up." ...
— The Street Called Straight • Basil King
... Marjorie and Kingdon undertook, for fear she'd be thrown down on the ground. And, indeed, her fears were well founded, for the valiant fighters were often thrown by their fierce adversaries, and rolled over and over, only to pick themselves up ...
— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells
... woman began eagerly to pick out the required number, but stopped short when he finished the sentence,—"if ...
— The Young Outlaw - or, Adrift in the Streets • Horatio Alger


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