Definitions
1.verbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails."Don't pick at that scab."
2.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."
3.verbTo pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck."She picked flowers in the meadow."
4.verbTo take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together."to pick rags"
5.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"
6.verbTo decide upon, from a set of options; to select."I'll pick the one with the nicest name."
7.verbTo seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
8.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."
9.verbTo pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument."He picked a tune on his banjo."
10.verbTo open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
11.verbTo eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
12.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."
13.verbTo steal; to pilfer.
14.verbTo throw; to pitch.
15.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.
16.verbTo separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc."
17.verbTo screen.
18.adjectiveChosen; selected.
19.adjective(of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back."the picked dogfish"
20.adjectiveFine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
21.adjectivePointed; sharp