Defenition of the word pick

Defenition of the word pick
- A selection of something from a collection of options or alternatives.
- To hit lightly with a picking motion.
- To look for and gather.
- To remove unwanted substances from (e.g. food), such as feathers, peels or pits.
- harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
- the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
- the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit; "Clean the turkey"
- the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
- pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high_interest mortgages"
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food"
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
- a thin sharp implement used for picking; "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
- remove in small bits: "pick meat from a bone"
- select carefully from a group: "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; "We had to pick through a lot of data"
- provoke: "pick a fight or a quarrel"
- pilfer or rob: "pick pockets"
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
- a heavy wooden-handled iron tool with a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- 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"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- the thread woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one''s body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
- 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"
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England''s young men were killed in the Great War"
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
- remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
- select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
- harass with constant criticism; "Don''t always pick on your little brother"
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
- pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
- pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the best people or things in a group
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove in small bits
- select carefully from a group
- harass with constant criticism
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- look for and gather
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- provoke
- pay for something
- pilfer or rob

Synonyms for the word pick

- accept
- beak
- best choice
- blame
- break up
- choice
- choose
- clean
- collect
- cream
- cream of the crop
- cull
- cut
- decide on
- elect to choose
- filling
- find fault
- foot
- gather
- harvest
- ice pick
- make a choice
- nibble
- peck
- pick and choose
- pick of the litter
- pickax
- pickaxe
- picking
- piece
- plectron
- plectrum
- pluck
- plunk
- preference
- prize
- select
- selection
- settle on
- single out
- tool
- top choice
- weft
- woof

Similar words in the pick

- catch
- cull out
- discover
- find out
- get a line
- get wind
- get word
- hear
- learn
- pick
- pick off
- pick over
- pick up
- pickax
- pickax's
- pickaxe's
- pickaxed
- pickaxes
- pickaxing
- picked
- picker
- picker's
- pickerel
- pickerel's
- pickerels
- pickering
- pickering's
- pickers
- picket
- picket's
- picketed
- picketing
- pickets
- pickett
- pickett's
- pickford
- pickford's
- pickier
- pickiest
- picking
- pickings
- pickle
- pickle's
- pickled
- pickles
- pickling
- pickpocket
- pickpocket's
- pickpockets
- picks
- pickup
- pickups
- pickwick
- pickwick's
- picky
- pluck
- pull off
- receive
- see
- sieve out
- tweak

Meronymys for the word pick

- weave

Hyponyms for the word pick

- ballot
- balloting
- berry
- casting
- coloration
- colouration
- conclusion
- decision
- determination
- election
- favorite
- favourite
- guitar pick
- hand-pick
- ice pick
- icepick
- mattock
- mushroom
- pleasure
- sampling
- toothpick
- twang
- volition
- vote
- voting
- way
- willing

Hypernyms for the word pick

- action
- basketball play
- call forth
- choose
- collect
- criticise
- criticize
- deciding
- decision making
- device
- draw
- eat
- edge tool
- elite
- elite group
- evoke
- force
- garner
- gather
- hand tool
- indefinite quantity
- kick up
- knock
- output
- pay
- pick apart
- pick out
- pierce
- production
- provoke
- pull
- pull together
- remove
- rob
- select
- strike
- surname
- take
- take away
- thread
- withdraw
- yarn
- yield

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Words in other languages

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Russian: Привет
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