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English to English noun
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the person or thing chosen or selected |  | Example: he was my pick for mayor
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the quantity of a crop that is harvested | | Example: he sent the first picking of berries to the market
it was the biggest peach pick in years
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the best people or things in a group | | Example: the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
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the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | | source: wordnet30
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a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | | source: wordnet30
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a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material | | Example: he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
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a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | | Example: they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
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a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | | Example: he was called for setting an illegal pick
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the act of choosing or selecting | | Example: your choice of colors was unfortunate
you can take your pick
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A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. | | source: webster1913 verb
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select carefully from a group | | Example: She finally picked her successor
He picked his way carefully
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| 12 |
look for and gather | | Example: pick mushrooms
pick flowers
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harass with constant criticism | | Example: Don't always pick on your little brother
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provoke | | Example: pick a fight or a quarrel
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remove in small bits | | Example: pick meat from a bone
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remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | | Example: Clean the turkey
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pilfer or rob | | Example: pick pockets
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| 18 |
pay for something | | Example: pick up the tab
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
foot the bill
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pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | | Example: he plucked the strings of his mandolin
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attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | | Example: Pick open the ice
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hit lightly with a picking motion | | source: wordnet30
| 22 |
eat intermittently; take small bites of | | Example: He pieced at the sandwich all morning
She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
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To throw; to pitch. | | source: webster1913
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To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. | | source: webster1913
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