Pick (Verb)
Meaning 1
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 2
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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Meaning 3
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.
Examples
- The team leader carefully picked the team members for the critical project.
- She picked a gentle morning to go for a walk on the beach.
- He picked his colleagues for the business trip based on their experience.
- The committee picked three potential sites for the new factory.
- The tourists picked their way through the dense jungle, trying not to get lost.
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Meaning 4
Harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
Provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 6
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 7
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 8
Pilfer or rob; "pick pockets".
Classification
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
- She enjoyed going to the countryside to pick wild berries for her dessert.
- The florist would often pick fresh flowers from her garden for the daily arrangements.
- He went to the forest to pick some medicinal herbs for his grandmother.
- During autumn, the family would go to the orchard to pick apples and pears.
- Every summer, she would pick a basket full of juicy strawberries from her garden.
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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 in small bits; "pick meat from a bone".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..