When you pick something, you choose it, the way you pick apples in the fall or when you pick a partner to work with in biology class. But if you pick on someone, you bug them in a mean way.
To throw; to pitch.
Noun
the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Noun
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one''s body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
Noun
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"
Noun
a thin sharp implement used for picking; "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
Noun
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Noun
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Noun
the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
Noun
the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England''s young men were killed in the Great War"
Noun
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"
Verb
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
Verb
remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
Verb
select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
Verb
harass with constant criticism; "Don''t always pick on your little brother"
Verb
eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Verb
hit lightly with a picking motion
Verb
look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
Verb
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
Verb
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
Verb
provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
Verb
pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Verb
pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
v.
To throw; to pitch.
v.
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.
v.
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as,
to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
v.
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
v.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck;
to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from
a fowl, etc.
v.
To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the
fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to
pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
v.
To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to
cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
v.
To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect;
to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a
ball or stones; to pick up information.
v.
To trim.
v. i.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
v. i.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to
small things; to select something with care.
v. i.
To steal; to pilfer.
n.
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in
composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
n.
A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends,
wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by
quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing
millstones.
n.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a
buckler.
n.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
n.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the
pick of the flock.
n.
A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a
letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
n.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct
an unevenness in a picture.
n.
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a
loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing
the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
Pick
As high as I could pick my lance.2.
Did you pick Master Slender's purse?
He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet.7.
Pick
Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore?2.
Pick
France and Russia have the pick of our stables.5.
To throw; to pitch.
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition;
Usage Examples
A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.
A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?
A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.
As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.
But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!
As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
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Other Usage ExamplesA poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.
A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego.
And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.
Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.
'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.
Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.
Because I'm always away, coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me, I've lived with a lot of roommates, and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.
Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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