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to choose or select
choice, pick, selection(noun)the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"
picking, pick(noun)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"
cream, pick(noun)the best people or things in a group
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
woof, weft, filling, pick(noun)the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
pick, plectrum, plectron(noun)a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
pick(noun)a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
"he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
pick, pickax, pickaxe(noun)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"
pick(noun)a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
"he was called for setting an illegal pick"
choice, selection, option, pick(verb)the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
pick(verb)select carefully from a group
"She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
pick, pluck, cull(verb)look for and gather
"pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
blame, find fault, pick(verb)harass with constant criticism
"Don't always pick on your little brother"
pick(verb)provoke
"pick a fight or a quarrel"
pick(verb)remove in small bits
"pick meat from a bone"
clean, pick(verb)remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
"Clean the turkey"
pick(verb)pilfer or rob
"pick pockets"
foot, pick(verb)pay for something
"pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
pluck, plunk, pick(verb)pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
pick, break up(verb)attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
"Pick open the ice"
peck, pick, beak(verb)hit lightly with a picking motion
nibble, pick, piece(verb)eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
a person or thing that is chosenthat team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a classthe pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
the power, right, or opportunity to chooseyou have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentin the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human usepick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilitiesI pick you as my partner
to bring (something volatile or intense) into beinghe seems to be trying to pick a fight
to eat reluctantly and in small bitesstill suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed objectcontinued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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