pick

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pick

She carefully picks a red apple from the tree.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The act of choosing or selecting: The process of making a choice from among options.
    • A tool: A heavy hand tool with a curved, pointed head, used for breaking hard materials like rock or ice.
    • A plectrum: A small, thin device used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument like a guitar.
    • The best part of something: The choicest or most desirable people or things in a group.
    • The amount of a crop gathered: The yield or harvest of fruits, vegetables, etc.

  2. Verb:

    • To choose or select: To carefully choose someone or something from a group.
    • To gather by hand: To remove or collect something, such as flowers or fruit, by pulling or plucking.
    • To remove small pieces: To pull or take small bits off or out of something, often with the fingers or a tool.
    • To provoke or instigate: To deliberately start a fight or an argument.
    • To eat in small amounts: To eat slowly, taking small bites without much appetite.
    • To play a stringed instrument by plucking: To sound the strings of an instrument with a finger or a plectrum.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • Take your pick from the menu. (Choose what you want from the menu.)
    • The miner used a pick to break the rock.
    • He used a guitar pick to play the solo.
    • This student is the pick of the graduating class. (This student is the best of the class.)
    • This year's apple pick was excellent. (This year's apple harvest was excellent.)

  • Verb:

    • Please pick a card from the deck.
    • We went to the field to pick strawberries.
    • She helped pick the meat from the bones.
    • He's always trying to pick a fight.
    • The child just picked at her dinner.
    • He picked the strings gently.
Advanced Usage

  • "Pick and choose": To select only the very best or most desirable things, often in a fussy way.

    • You can't just pick and choose which rules to follow.

  • "Pick someone's brain": To ask someone questions in order to obtain information or advice from them.

    • Can I pick your brain about marketing strategies?

  • "Pick up the pace": To start moving or working faster.

    • We need to pick up the pace if we want to finish on time.
Variants and Related Words

  • Picker (n): A person or machine that gathers crops.

    • She worked as a fruit picker for the summer.

  • Picky (adj): Fussy or hard to please, especially in choosing things.

    • He's a very picky eater.

  • Pickaxe (n): A variant spelling of the tool "pick", especially one with a point at one end and a chisel edge at the other.

Synonyms
  • Choose, select (for the act of choosing).
  • Gather, harvest, pluck (for collecting).
  • Plectrum (for the musical tool).
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Pick at: To eat food slowly, without interest; to criticize repeatedly.

    • Stop picking at your food.
    • He's always picking at his little sister.

  • Pick on: To bully, tease, or criticize someone unfairly and repeatedly.

    • The bigger kids used to pick on him.

  • Pick out: To choose or select; to distinguish or identify from a group.

    • Can you pick out the red car in the parking lot?
    • She picked out a lovely dress for the party.

  • Pick up: To lift or take up; to collect someone or something; to learn or acquire casually; to improve or increase.

    • Pick up that piece of paper.
    • I'll pick you up at 8 o'clock.
    • She picked up Spanish while traveling.
    • Business is finally picking up.
Related Idioms

  • Pick someone's pocket: To steal from someone's pocket or bag without them noticing.

    • A thief picked his pocket on the crowded train.

  • Pick a lock: To open a lock without a key, using a tool.

    • In the movie, the spy knew how to pick a lock.

  • Pick your way: To walk carefully, choosing where to step.

    • We had to pick our way through the muddy path.
pick

She carefully picks a red apple from the tree.

Noun
  1. the act of choosing or selecting
    • your choice of colors was unfortunate
    • you can take your pick
  2. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
    • he was called for setting an illegal pick
  3. 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
  4. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
    • he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
  5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
  6. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  7. the best people or things in a group
    • the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
  8. 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
  9. the person or thing chosen or selected
    • he was my pick for mayor
Verb
  1. eat intermittently; take small bites of
    • He pieced at the sandwich all morning
    • She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
  2. hit lightly with a picking motion
  3. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    • Pick open the ice
  4. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
    • he plucked the strings of his mandolin
  5. pay for something
    • pick up the tab
    • pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
    • foot the bill
  6. pilfer or rob
    • pick pockets
  7. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
    • Clean the turkey
  8. remove in small bits
    • pick meat from a bone
  9. provoke
    • pick a fight or a quarrel
  10. harass with constant criticism
    • Don't always pick on your little brother
  11. look for and gather
    • pick mushrooms
    • pick flowers
  12. select carefully from a group
    • She finally picked her successor
    • He picked his way carefully

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