Pick - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pɪk|  American pronunciation of the word pick
Brit.  |pɪk|  British pronunciation of the word pick

noun

- the person or thing chosen or selected (syn: choice, selection)
he was my pick for mayor
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested (syn: picking)
he sent the first picking of berries to the market
it was the biggest peach pick in years
- the best people or things in a group (syn: cream)
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving (syn: filling, weft, woof)
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument (syn: plectron, plectrum)
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends (syn: pickax, pickaxe)
they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
he was called for setting an illegal pick
- the act of choosing or selecting (syn: choice, option, selection)
you can take your pick

verb

- select carefully from a group
She finally picked her successor
He picked his way carefully
- look for and gather (syn: cull, pluck)
pick mushrooms
pick flowers
- harass with constant criticism (syn: blame)
Don't always pick on your little brother
- provoke
pick a fight or a quarrel
- remove in small bits
pick meat from a bone
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits (syn: clean)
- pilfer or rob
pick pockets
- pay for something (syn: foot)
pick up the tab
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion (syn: pluck, plunk)
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example (syn: break up)
- hit lightly with a picking motion (syn: beak, peck)
- eat intermittently; take small bites of (syn: nibble, piece)

Extra examples

All the best apples have been picked off by the children.

Pick out the dress that you like best.

This cloth is so thin that you can pick a hole in it with your finger.

The ground is so hard, that it will be necessary to pick it.

I picked away the layers of slime to reveal the most beautiful fish I had ever seen.

He sits there picking his teeth.

He is nearly deaf - never picks his ears.

Nails must be regularly picked, it is a precaution against various diseases.

I didn't pick Johannson to be a future star at that point.

The pick was poor this season.

Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15.

I don't know which colour to pick.

Who's going to pick the team for the match on Saturday?

I wasn't picked for the hockey team.

The hotel was picked as the best small hotel in the area.

Phrasal verbs

pick at  — pluck or pull at with the fingers
pick off  — shoot one by one
pick out  — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick over  — separate or remove
pick up  — take and lift upward

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pick
he/she/it: picks
present participle: picking
past tense: picked
past participle: picked
noun
singular: pick
plural: picks
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