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pick

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pick
pick1
—pickable, adj.
/pik/, v.t.
1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight.
3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument.
4. to steal the contents of: Her pocket was picked yesterday.
5. to open (a lock) with a device other than the key, as a sharp instrument or wire, esp. for the purpose of burglary.
6. to pierce, indent, dig into, or break up (something) with a pointed instrument: to pick rock; to pick ore.
7. to form (a hole) by such action: to pick a hole in asphalt.
8. to use a pointed instrument, the fingers, the teeth, the beak, etc., on (a thing), in order to remove or loosen something, as a small part or adhering matter: to pick one's teeth.
9. to prepare for use by removing a covering piece by piece, as feathers, hulls, or other parts: to pick a fowl.
10. to detach or remove piece by piece with the fingers: She picked the meat from the bones.
11. to pluck or gather one by one: to pick flowers.
12. (of birds or other animals) to take up (small bits of food) with the bill or teeth.
13. to eat daintily or in small morsels.
14. to separate, pull apart, or pull to pieces: to pick fibers.
15. Music.
a. to pluck (the strings of an instrument).
b. to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking with the fingers.
v.i.
16. to strike with or use a pick or other pointed instrument on something.
17. (of birds or other animals) to take up small bits of food with the bill or teeth: The hens were busily picking about in their coop.
18. to select carefully or fastidiously.
19. to pilfer; steal.
20. to pluck or gather fruit, flowers, etc.
21. Basketball. to execute a pick.
22. pick and choose, to be very careful or particular in choosing: With such a limited supply of fresh fruit, you won't be able to pick and choose.
23. pick apart, to criticize severely or in great detail: They picked her apart the moment she left the room.
24. pick at,
a. to find fault with unnecessarily or persistently; nag.
b. to eat sparingly or daintily: As he was ill, he only picked at his food.
c. to grasp at; touch; handle: The baby loved to pick at her mother's glasses.
25. pick it up, Informal. to move, work, etc., at a faster rate.
26. pick off,
a. to remove by pulling or plucking off.
b. to single out and shoot: The hunter picked off a duck rising from the marsh.
c. Baseball. to put out (a base runner) in a pick-off play.
27. pick on,
a. Informal. to criticize or blame; tease; harass.
b. to single out; choose: The professor always picks on me to translate long passages.
28. pick one's way or steps, to walk with care and deliberation: She picked her way across the muddy field.
29. pick out,
a. to choose; designate: to pick out one's successor.
b. to distinguish from that which surrounds or accompanies; recognize: to pick out a well-known face in a crowd.
c. to discern (sense or meaning); discriminate.
d. to play (a melody) by ear; work out note by note.
e. to extract by picking.
30. pick over, to examine (an assortment of items) in order to make a selection: Eager shoppers were picking over the shirts on the bargain tables.
31. pick someone's brains. See brain (def. 10).
32. pick up,
a. to lift or take up: to pick up a stone.
b. to collect, esp. in an orderly manner: Pick up the tools when you're finished.
c. to recover (one's courage, health, etc.); regain.
d. to gain by occasional opportunity; obtain casually: to pick up a livelihood.
e. to learn, as by experience: I've picked up a few Japanese phrases.
f. to claim: to pick up one's bags at an airport.
g. to take (a person or thing) into a car or ship, etc., or along with one.
h. to bring into range of reception, observation, etc.: to pick up Rome on one's radio.
i. to accelerate; gain (speed).
j. to put in good order; tidy: to pick up a room.
k. to make progress; improve: Business is beginning to pick up.
l. to catch or contract, as a disease.
m. Informal. to become acquainted with informally or casually, often in hope of a sexual relationship: Let's pick up some dates tonight.
n. to resume or continue after being left off: Let's pick up the discussion in our next meeting.
o. Informal. to take into custody; arrest: They picked him up for vagrancy.
p. Informal. to obtain; find; purchase: She picked up some nice shoes on sale.
q. Slang. to steal: to pick up jewels and silver.
r. to accept, as in order to pay: to pick up the check.
33. pick up on, Informal.
a. become aware or cognizant of; be perceptive about; notice: to pick up on the hostess's hostility.
b. to pay special attention to; keep an eye on: to pick up on a troubled student.
n.
34. the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection: to take one's pick.
35. a person or thing that is selected: He is our pick for president.
36. the choicest or most desirable part, example, or examples: This horse is the pick of the stable.
37. the right of selection: He gave me my pick of the litter.
38. the quantity of a crop picked, as from trees, bushes, etc., at a particular time: The pick was poor this season.
39. Print.
a. a speck of dirt, hardened ink, or extra metal on set type or a plate.
b. a small area removed from the surface of a coated paper by ink that adheres to the form.
40. a stroke with something pointed: The rock shattered at the first pick of the ax.
41. Basketball. an offensive maneuver in which a player moves into a position between a defender and a teammate with the ball so as to prevent the defender from interfering with the shot.
[1250-1300; v. ME pyken, pikken, pekken, c. D pikken, G picken, ON pikka to pick; akin to PECK2, PIKE5; (n.) deriv. of the v.]
Syn. 1. See choose. 4. rob, pilfer. 12. reap, collect.
pick2
/pik/, n.
1. a heavy tool consisting of an iron or steel head, usually curved, tapering to a point at one or both ends, mounted on a wooden handle, and used for loosening and breaking up soil, rock, etc.; pickax.
2. a hammerlike tool for the rough dressing of stone, having two sharp, pyramidal faces.
3. any pointed or other tool or instrument for picking (often used in combination): a toothpick; an ice pick.
4. Music. plectrum.
5. Slang. a large pocket comb having long, widely spaced teeth.
[1300-50; ME pikk(e); perh. var. of PIKE5]
pick3
/pik/, Textiles.
v.t.
1. to cast (a shuttle).
n.
2. (in a loom) one passage of the shuttle.
3. filling (def. 5).
[var. of PITCH1]

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