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- DictionaryPick/pik/
verb
- 1. take hold of and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing: "I went to pick some flowers for Jenny's room"
- 2. choose (someone or something) from a number of alternatives, typically after careful thought: "maybe I picked the wrong career after all"
noun
- 1. an act or the right of selecting something from among a group of alternatives: "take your pick from our extensive menu"
- 2. an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler.
1. To select from a group: The best swimmer was picked. 2. a. To gather in; harvest: They were picking cotton. b. To gather the harvest from: picked the field in one day. 3. a. To remove the outer covering of; pluck: pick a chicken clean of feathers. b. To tear off bit by bit: pick meat from the bones. 4.
When you pick something, you choose it, the way you pick apples in the fall or when you pick a partner to work with in biology class. But if you pick on someone, you bug them in a mean way. Something you pick can be called a pick, like the " pick of the litter,” the best dog of the bunch.
to choose something or someone: Do you want to help me pick some numbers for my lottery ticket? I was never picked for the school football team. Fewer examples. I can't decide which card to pick. It doesn't matter which plate you pick, they're all the same. He asked me to pick a winner from the list of runners.
2 days ago · noun. 1. a tool with a handle carrying a long steel head curved and tapering to a point at one or both ends, used for loosening soil, breaking rocks, etc. 2. any of various tools used for picking, such as an ice pick or toothpick. 3.
[transitive] to pull or remove something or small pieces of something from something else, especially with your fingers. pick something + adv./prep. She picked bits of fluff from his sweater. He picked the nuts off the top of the cake. Names were picked at random out of a hat.
[countable] (informal) a person or thing that is chosen. She was his pick for best actress. Synonyms choice. see also draft pick (2) Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [singular] the pick of something (rather informal) the best thing or things in a group. We're reviewing the pick of this month's new books.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. picked, picking, picks. To throw (a shuttle) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To eat sparingly or fussily. Webster's New World. To thieve or pilfer. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To gather the harvest from. Picked the field in one day. American Heritage. To gather growing berries, flowers, etc.
