pick is the dictionary form of picks Definition of pick
pick has definitions from the fields of law,sport,psychology,basketball,criminal law,sociology,food
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[ verb ] select carefully from a group

Examples

: "She finally picked her successor" "He picked his way carefully" "We had to pick through a lot of data"

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[ verb ] look for and gather

Synonyms

cull pluck

Examples

"pick mushrooms" "pick flowers"

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[ verb ] harass with constant criticism

Synonyms

blame find_fault

Examples

"Don't always pick on your little brother"

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[ noun ] (psychology) the person or thing chosen or selected

Synonyms

choice selection

Examples

"he was my pick for mayor"

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[ verb ] provoke

Examples

: "pick a fight or a quarrel"

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[ verb ] remove in small bits

Examples

: "pick meat from a bone"

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[ verb ] remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit

Synonyms

clean

Examples

"Clean the turkey"

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[ noun ] (sociology) the best people or things in a group

Synonyms

cream

Examples

"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

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[ noun ] the quantity of a crop that is harvested

Synonyms

picking

Examples

"he sent the first picking of berries to the market" "it was the biggest peach pick in years"

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[ noun ] a thin sharp implement used for picking

Examples

"he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"

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[ verb ] pay for something

Synonyms

foot

Examples

"pick up the tab" "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" "foot the bill"

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[ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of

Synonyms

munch piece nibble

Examples

"He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

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[ noun ] a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

Synonyms

plectron plectrum

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[ noun ] (sport,basketball) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

Examples

"he was called for setting an illegal pick"

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[ noun ] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

Synonyms

weft filling woof

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[ verb ] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

Synonyms

break_up

Examples

"Pick open the ice"

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[ verb ] pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings

Synonyms

plunk pluck

Examples

"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

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[ verb ] hit lightly with a picking motion

Synonyms

peck beak

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[ verb ] (food) eat intermittently; take small bites of

Synonyms

piece nibble

Examples

"He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food"

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[ verb ] (law,criminal law) pilfer or rob

Examples

: "pick pockets"

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[ noun ] a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

Synonyms

pickaxe pickax

Examples

"they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12751
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[ noun ] the act of choosing or selecting

Examples

"your choice of colors was unfortunate" "you can take your pick"

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