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The person or thing chosen or selected He was my pick for mayor |
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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 |
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The best people or things in a group The cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War |
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The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
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A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
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A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material He used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks |
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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 |
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A basketball maneuver Obstructing an opponent with one's body He was called for setting an illegal pick |
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The act of choosing or selecting Your choice of colors was unfortunate You can take your pick |
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Select carefully from a group She finally picked her successor He picked his way carefully |
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Look for and gather Pick mushrooms Pick flowers |
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Harass with constant criticism Don't always pick on your little brother |
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Provoke Pick a fight or a quarrel |
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Remove in small bits Pick meat from a bone |
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Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits Clean the turkey |
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Pilfer or rob Pick pockets |
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Pay for something Pick up the tab Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages Foot the bill |
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Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion He plucked the strings of his mandolin |
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Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example Pick open the ice |
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Hit lightly with a picking motion |
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Eat intermittently Take small bites of He pieced at the sandwich all morning She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles |
noun | choice, selection, decision making, deciding |
noun | picking, output, yield, production |
noun | cream, elite, elite group
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noun | woof, weft, filling, thread, yarn |
noun | plectrum, plectron, device |
noun | hand tool
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noun | pickax, pickaxe, edge tool
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noun | basketball play
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noun | choice, selection, option, action |
verb | choose, take, select, pick out
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verb | pluck, cull, gather, garner, collect, pull together, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick off, pick over, pick up
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verb | blame, find fault, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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verb | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
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verb | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
verb | clean, remove, take, take away, withdraw |
verb | rob |
verb | foot, pay |
verb | pluck, plunk, pull, draw, force |
verb | break up, pierce |
verb | peck, beak, strike |
verb | nibble, piece, eat |