Pick (Verb)
Meaning 1
Select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 2
Pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 3
Harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Stop picking on the new kid in class, it's not nice to bully someone just because they're different.
- She's always picking at her little sister, never giving her a break or a kind word.
- The coach was picking on the player who made the mistake, yelling at him in front of the whole team.
- Don't always pick on your little brother, he looks up to you and your constant teasing is hurtful.
- The teacher was picking on the student who didn't do his homework, making him feel embarrassed in front of the class.
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Meaning 4
Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 5
Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 6
Provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The boxer loved to pick fights with anyone who looked at him the wrong way.
- Don't go looking for trouble, or you might just pick a fight with the wrong person.
- The new student at school tried to pick a quarrel with me just to assert her dominance.
- His quick temper made it easy for his brother to pick a fight with him every now and then.
- In order to impress the cool kids, the teenager would pick on someone new every day at lunch.
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Meaning 7
Remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- She carefully picked the meat from the chicken bone to make a salad.
- He picked the seeds from the watermelon to eat the fruit without any distractions.
- The chef picked the herbs from the stem to add fresh flavor to the dish.
- She picked the lint from her sweater to make it look like new again.
- He picked the dirt from under his fingernails after working in the garden.
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Meaning 8
Pilfer or rob; "pick pockets".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 9
Look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Pick some berries from the bush to make a pie.
- Let's go pick some apples from the orchard.
- She likes to pick wildflowers in the meadow and make bouquets.
- You can pick strawberries from the garden when they're ripe.
- Pick a few lemons from the tree to make some lemonade.
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Meaning 10
Eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 11
Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- You will need to pick the wool before spinning it into yarn to get rid of all the twigs and leaves.
- Farmers need to carefully pick the buds off their newly grafted trees so the young tree grows a good structure.
- While working on his grandmother's quilting, Jeff began to pick apart a row that his sibling did since there was such inconsistency and great unravelling error had shown themselves more badly elsewhere before ever hand stitches used though nearly could simply sewing redo several smaller
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