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1.nounA tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
2.nounA tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
3.nounA comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
4.nounA choice; ability to choose.
5.nounThat which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
6.nounA screen.
7.nounAn offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
8.nounAn interception.
9.nounA good defensive play by an infielder.
10.nounA pickoff.
11.nounA tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
12.nounA pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
13.nounA pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
14.nounA particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
15.nounThat which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
16.nounThe blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread."so many picks to an inch"
17.verbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails."Don't pick at that scab."
18.verbTo harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground."It's time to pick the tomatoes."
19.verbTo pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck."She picked flowers in the meadow."
20.verbTo take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together."to pick rags"
21.verbTo remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth."to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket"
22.verbTo decide upon, from a set of options; to select."I'll pick the one with the nicest name."
23.verbTo seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
24.verbTo recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released."He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled."
25.verbTo pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument."He picked a tune on his banjo."
26.verbTo open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
27.verbTo eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
28.verbTo do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care."I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs."
29.verbTo steal; to pilfer.
30.verbTo throw; to pitch.
31.verbTo peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
32.verbTo separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc."
33.verbTo screen.