'Picked' definitions:
Definition of 'Picked'
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 'Picked'
From: GCIDE
- Picked \Pick"ed\, a.
- 1. Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Let the stake be made picked at the top. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Picked dogfish. (Zool.) See under Dogfish.
- Picked out, ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'picked'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- adopted,
- appointed,
- approved,
- best,
- carried,
- champion,
- choice,
- chosen,
- designated,
- elect,
- elected,
- elected by acclamation,
- elite,
- embraced,
- espoused,
- exclusive,
- for the best,
- greatest,
- handpicked,
- matchless,
- named,
- nominated,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- paramount,
- passed,
- peerless,
- pick,
- prime,
- prize,
- quintessential,
- ratified,
- select,
- selected,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- unanimously elected,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- very best
Words containing 'Picked'
- Pick,
- Pick off,
- 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