pick
noun
1. the person or thing chosen or selected
- he was my pick for mayor
Similar word(s): choice, selection
Definition categories: thought, deciding
2. 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
Similar word(s): picking
Definition categories: quantity, output, production, yield
3. the best people or things in a group
Similar word(s): cream
Definition categories: group, elite
4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Similar word(s): filling, weft, woof
Definition categories: man–made, thread, yarn
5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Similar word(s): plectron, plectrum
Definition categories: man–made, device
6. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
Definition categories: man–made
7. 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
Similar word(s): pickax, pickaxe
Definition categories: man–made
8. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- he was called for setting an illegal pick
Definition categories: act
9. the act of choosing or selecting
- you can take your pick
Similar word(s): choice, option, selection
Definition categories: act, action
Sentences with pick as a noun:
- so many picks to an inch
verb
1. select carefully from a group
- She finally picked her successor
- He picked his way carefully
Definition categories: cognition, choose, select, take
2. look for and gather
- pick mushrooms
- pick flowers
Definition categories: contact, collect, garner, gather
3. harass with constant criticism
- Don't always pick on your little brother
Similar word(s): blame
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock
4. provoke
- pick a fight or a quarrel
Definition categories: creation, evoke, provoke
5. remove in small bits
- pick meat from a bone
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
6. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Similar word(s): clean
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
7. pilfer or rob
- pick pockets
Definition categories: possession, rob
8. pay for something
- pick up the tab
- pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
Similar word(s): foot
Definition categories: possession, pay
9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Definition categories: contact, draw, pull
10. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- Pick open the ice
Definition categories: contact, pierce
11. hit lightly with a picking motion
Definition categories: contact, strike
12. eat intermittently; take small bites of
Similar word(s): nibble, piece
Definition categories: consumption, eat
Sentences with pick as a verb:
- Don't pick at that scab.
- He picked his nose.
- It's time to pick the tomatoes.
- She picked flowers in the meadow.
- to pick feathers from a fowl
- to pick rags
- to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket
- I'll pick the one with the nicest name.
- He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.
- He picked a tune on his banjo.
- to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.