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English Dictionary: Pick	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Pick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pick n the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" Synonym(s): choice, pick, selection the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" Synonym(s): picking, pick the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" Synonym(s): cream, pick the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving Synonym(s): woof, weft, filling, pick a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument Synonym(s): pick, plectrum, plectron 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; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" Synonym(s): pick, pickax, pickaxe a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick" the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" Synonym(s): choice, selection, option, pick v select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully" look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" Synonym(s): pick, pluck, cull harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" Synonym(s): blame, find fault, pick 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; "Clean the turkey" Synonym(s): clean, pick pilfer or rob; "pick pockets" pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" Synonym(s): foot, pick pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" Synonym(s): pluck, plunk, pick attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" Synonym(s): pick, break up hit lightly with a picking motion Synonym(s): peck, pick, beak eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" Synonym(s): nibble, pick, piece
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pick \Pick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.] As high as I could pick my lance. --Shak. 2. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. 3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. 4. To open (a lock) as by a wire. 5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. 6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. Did you pick Master Slender's purse? --Shak. He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --Cowper. 7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. [bd]One man picked out of ten thousand.[b8] --Shak. 8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. 9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To pick at}, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance. {To pick a bone with}. See under {Bone}. {To pick a thank}, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To pick off}. (a) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy. {To pick out}. (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b) To select from a number or quantity. {To pick to pieces}, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail. {To pick a quarrel}, to give occasion of quarrel intentionally. {To pick up}. (a) To take up, as with the fingers. (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pick \Pick\, v. i. 1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pick \Pick\, n. [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See {Pick}, and cf. {Pike}.] 1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. 2. (Mining & Mech.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.