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pick

/ pick /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
pilfer or rob
"pick pockets"
Type of:
rob
Derived:
pickings taking
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
provoke
"pick a fight or a quarrel"
Type of:
provoke evoke call forth
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
"Pick open the ice"
Type of:
pierce
Derived:
pickax pickaxe
Entails:
chop hack
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
look for and gather
"pick mushrooms"
"pick flowers"
Type of:
gather garner collect
Kinds of:
mushroom berry
Derived:
picking picker
See also:
cull out pick up receive catch pluck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
select carefully from a group
"She finally picked her successor"
"He picked his way carefully"
Type of:
choose take select
Kinds of:
hand-pick
Derived:
choice selection option cream picker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
remove in small bits
"pick meat from a bone"
Type of:
remove take take away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 7
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one''s body
"he was called for setting an illegal pick"
Type of:
basketball play
noun Sense 8
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"
Type of:
edge tool
Kinds of:
mattock
Derived:
break up
noun Sense 9
a thin sharp implement used for picking
"he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
Type of:
hand tool
Kinds of:
icepick ice pick toothpick
noun Sense 10
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Type of:
device
Kinds of:
guitar pick
Derived:
pluck plunk
noun Sense 11
the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"
Type of:
decision making deciding
Kinds of:
pleasure favorite favourite way
verb Sense 12
pay for something
"pick up the tab"
"pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"
"foot the bill"
Type of:
pay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 13
hit lightly with a picking motion
Type of:
strike
Derived:
beak bill neb nib pecker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 14
eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Type of:
eat
Derived:
piece slice nybble nibble nibbler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 15
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
"Clean the turkey"
Type of:
remove take take away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 16
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"
Type of:
output yield production
Derived:
pluck cull
noun Sense 17
the best people or things in a group
"the cream of England''s young men were killed in the Great War"
Type of:
elite elite group
verb Sense 18
harass with constant criticism
"Don''t always pick on your little brother"
Type of:
knock criticize criticise
Derived:
cynic faultfinder blame rap
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 19
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
Type of:
pull draw force
Kinds of:
twang
Derived:
plectrum plectron pluck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 20
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Type of:
thread yarn
Has parts:
weave fabric cloth material
noun Sense 21
the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"
"you can take your pick"
Type of:
action
Kinds of:
casting coloration colouration sampling decision
Derived:
choose prefer opt take select
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
21
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
107
Times Searched
3
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