'Pick' definitions:
Definition of 'pick'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
The quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" [syn: picking, pick]
noun
The best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: cream, pick]
noun
noun
A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron]
noun
A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
noun
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" [syn: pick, pickax, pickaxe]
noun
A basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
noun
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection, option, pick]
verb
Select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
verb
verb
Harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick]
verb
Provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
verb
Remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
verb
Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick]
verb
Pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
verb
Pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot, pick]
verb
Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]
verb
Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick, break up]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Pick'
From: GCIDE
- Pick \Pick\ (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. Peck, v., Pike, Pitch to throw.]
- 1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- As high as I could pick my lance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To open (a lock) as by a wire. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. [1913 Webster]
- Did you pick Master Slender's purse? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. "One man picked out of ten thousand." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.
- To pick a bone with. See under Bone.
- To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
- To pick off. (a) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy.
- To pick out. (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b) To select from a number or quantity.
- To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.
- To pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel intentionally.
- To pick up. (a) To take up, as with the fingers. (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pick'
From: GCIDE
- Pick \Pick\, n. [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See Pick, and cf. Pike.]
- 1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining & Mech.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used for digging ino the ground by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. [Obs.] "Take down my buckler . . . and grind the pick on 't." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick; in cat breeding, the owner of a stud gets the pick of the litter. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- France and Russia have the pick of our stables. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Hence: That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Print.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. --MacKellar. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Weaving) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. [1913 Webster]
- Pick dressing (Arch.), in cut stonework, a facing made by a pointed tool, leaving the surface in little pits or depressions.
- Pick hammer, a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt, used by miners. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pick'
From: GCIDE
- Pick \Pick\, v. i.
- 1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. [1913 Webster]
- Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To steal; to pilfer. "To keep my hands from picking and stealing." --Book of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- To pick up, to improve by degrees; as, he is picking up in health or business. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- accelerate,
- accost,
- accumulate,
- acquire,
- adz,
- aggravate,
- alternativity,
- amass,
- annoy,
- apprehend,
- arrest,
- assemble,
- ax,
- badger,
- bait,
- be at,
- beak,
- become acquainted with,
- bedevil,
- beset,
- best,
- bother,
- bread knife,
- bring in,
- bring together,
- bristle,
- browbeat,
- brown off,
- brush,
- bug,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- bunt,
- burn up,
- bushwhacker,
- bust,
- butcher knife,
- buy,
- call for,
- carp at,
- carving knife,
- catch,
- champion,
- chaser,
- chisel,
- chivy,
- choice,
- choose,
- choose out,
- choosing,
- chosen,
- chuck,
- clean up,
- cleaver,
- clipper,
- clippers,
- co-optation,
- co-option,
- collar,
- collect,
- come by,
- come down with,
- contract,
- cream,
- criticize,
- crop,
- crop herbs,
- cull,
- cut,
- dab,
- dagger,
- decide between,
- decision,
- devil,
- dig,
- dig up,
- discern,
- discompose,
- discriminate,
- distemper,
- distinguish,
- disturb,
- dog,
- elect,
- election,
- elite,
- exasperate,
- excerpt,
- exclusive,
- exercise,
- extract,
- fash,
- fat,
- filling,
- fillip,
- find,
- first choice,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- flower,
- foment,
- free choice,
- free will,
- fret at,
- fuss at,
- gain,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather in,
- get,
- get better,
- get hold of,
- get in,
- get together,
- glean,
- go to get,
- gouge,
- grabble,
- graze,
- gripe,
- grub,
- grub up,
- hack,
- handpick,
- harass,
- harry,
- harvest,
- hassle,
- hatchet,
- hay,
- heckle,
- hector,
- heft,
- henpeck,
- hoe,
- hoist,
- hound,
- hunting knife,
- improve,
- incite,
- increase,
- initiate,
- intimidate,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jackknife,
- jest,
- kill,
- knife,
- lance,
- lancet,
- learn,
- letter-opener,
- lift up,
- machete,
- make a comeback,
- make a selection,
- make headway,
- make out,
- make progress,
- mark,
- master,
- mattock,
- meet,
- miff,
- molest,
- mow,
- nab,
- nag,
- nag at,
- neaten,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nibble,
- nibble at,
- nick,
- niggle,
- nippers,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- nosh,
- nudzh,
- nut,
- obtain,
- opt for,
- optimum,
- option,
- paper cutter,
- paper knife,
- paragon,
- paring knife,
- pat,
- peck,
- peck at,
- peeve,
- penknife,
- perk up,
- persecute,
- pester,
- pick and choose,
- pick at,
- pick off,
- pick on,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- pickax,
- picked,
- pinch,
- pique,
- plague,
- plectron,
- plectrum,
- plowshare,
- pluck,
- pluck the beard,
- plunk,
- pother,
- prefer,
- preference,
- preoption,
- pride,
- prime,
- prize,
- provoke,
- pull in,
- purchase,
- queen,
- quintessence,
- raise up,
- rake up,
- rally,
- rap,
- razor,
- razor blade,
- reap,
- reap and carry,
- recognize,
- recoup,
- recover,
- ride,
- rile,
- roil,
- round up,
- ruffle,
- run in,
- saw knife,
- sax,
- scalpel,
- scare up,
- scissors,
- scoop,
- scrape together,
- scrape up,
- scraper,
- screen out,
- scuffle hoe,
- scythe,
- select,
- selected,
- selection,
- separate,
- settle on,
- settle upon,
- share,
- shears,
- sheath knife,
- shoot,
- shoot down,
- sickle,
- sidecutters,
- sift,
- sift out,
- single out,
- snack,
- snap,
- snips,
- sort out,
- spear,
- speed up,
- spokeshave,
- start,
- stir up,
- straighten out,
- straighten up,
- strum,
- superlative,
- surgical knife,
- sweep the strings,
- sword,
- table knife,
- take,
- take in,
- take into custody,
- take up,
- tap,
- taunt,
- tease,
- tell apart,
- the best,
- the best ever,
- the pick,
- the tops,
- the very best,
- thrum,
- tickle,
- tidy up,
- tip,
- top,
- torment,
- touch,
- try the patience,
- twang,
- tweak the nose,
- vex,
- volition,
- warp,
- wedge,
- weft,
- whisk,
- will,
- winnow,
- woof,
- work up,
- worry,
- yap at
Words containing 'Pick'
- Pick off,
- Picked,
- Picked out,
- Picking,
- To pick at,
- To pick off,
- To pick out,
- To pick up,
- pick at,
- pick out,
- pick over,
- pick up,
- pickings,
- A bone to pick,
- Ice pick,
- Mill pick,
- Pick City,
- Pick dressing,
- Pick hammer,
- Pick-me-up,
- Pick-up,
- Picked dogfish,
- Picking peg,
- Poll pick,
- To pick a bone with,
- To pick a crow,
- To pick a quarrel,
- To pick a thank,
- To pick to pieces,
- guitar pick,
- nit picking,
- pick apart,
- pick to pieces,
- pick up the gauntlet,
- pick's disease,
- pick-off,
- slim pickings,
- Pick City, ND,
- Pick-fault,
- hand-pick,
- hand-picked,
- niemann-pick disease