Definitions for 'pick':
Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word pick. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /pɪk/
US: /pɪk/
Definition 1
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
Definition 2
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
Definition 3
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
Definition 4
A choice; ability to choose.
Definition 5
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
Definition 6
A screen.
Definition 7
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
Definition 8
An interception.
Definition 9
A good defensive play by an infielder.
Definition 10
A pickoff.
Definition 11
A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
Definition 12
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
Definition 13
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Definition 14
A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
Definition 15
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
Definition 16
The 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
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /pɪk/
US: /pɪk/
Definition 1
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Don't pick at that scab.
Definition 2
To 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.
Definition 3
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
She picked flowers in the meadow.
Definition 4
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
to pick rags
Definition 5
To 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
Definition 6
To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
I'll pick the one with the nicest name.
Definition 7
To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
Definition 8
To 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.
Definition 9
To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
He picked a tune on his banjo.
Definition 10
To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
Definition 11
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
Definition 12
To 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.
Definition 13
To steal; to pilfer.
Definition 14
To throw; to pitch.
Definition 15
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.
Definition 16
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
Definition 17
To screen.
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