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Pick

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
2.NounAn anchor.
3.NounA pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
4.NounA tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
5.NounA comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
6.NounA tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
7.NounA pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
8.NounA choice; ability to choose.
9.NounThat which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
10.NounPasture; feed, for animals. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
11.NounA screen.
12.NounAn offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
13.NounAn interception.
14.NounA good defensive play by an infielder.
15.NounA pickoff.
16.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.
17.NounThat which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
18.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"
19.VerbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
"Don't pick at that scab.; He picked his nose."
20.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."
21.VerbTo pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
"She picked flowers in the meadow.; to pick feathers from a fowl"
22.VerbTo take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
"to pick rags"
23.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"
24.VerbTo decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
"I'll pick the one with the nicest name."
25.VerbTo seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
26.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."
27.VerbTo pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
"He picked a tune on his banjo."
28.VerbTo open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
29.VerbTo eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
30.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."
31.VerbTo steal; to pilfer.
32.VerbTo throw; to pitch.
33.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.
34.VerbTo separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
"to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc."
35.VerbTo screen.
36.VerbTo intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
"The pass was almost picked, but the tight end was able to hold on."
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