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 ] harass with constant criticism
Synonyms Examples "Don't always pick on your little brother" |
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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 Examples "Clean the turkey" |
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[ noun ] (sociology) the best people or things in a group
Synonyms 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 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 Examples "pick up the tab" "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" "foot the bill" |
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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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[ verb ] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Synonyms Examples "Pick open the ice" |
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[ verb ] (law,criminal law) pilfer or rob
Examples : "pick pockets" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12751
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