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pick English

Meaning pick meaning

What does pick mean?
Definitions in simple English

pick Verb

— When you pick something, you choose it. I have picked the best people to work on this job. This was picked as the best new toy of the year. — If you pick up something, you lift it. She picked up the glass and put it down again. Pick your clothes up off the floor! The baby's crying. Can you pick him up? — If you pick up the phone, you answer it. — If you pick something up from somewhere, you go and get it. Mom, can you pick me up from Austin's at 8:00? I'll go an pick up a pizza. — If you try to pick up someone you have just met, you talk to them because you want to have sex with them. — If you pick fruit, flowers, etc., you take them off the plant. We spent the morning picking apples in the forest. Please help me pick up the books that I've dropped. — If you pick something from somewhere, you take it out of or away from that place. After dinner he picked the rice out of the children's hair. — If you pick a musical instrument such as a guitar, you play it by pulling its strings and letting them go. — If you pick at something, you touch it many times without doing anything. He was too sick to eat and just picked at his food. She picked nervously at her dress. — If you pick on someone, you are not nice to them in particular. He was picked on by his brothers for his small size.

pick Noun

— A pick is a choice. His pick for Man of the Year was John Smith. You have your pick of the rooms. Which one do you want? — A pick is a tool used to dig. He dug that hole using a pick. — A pick is something used to play a guitar with. He forgot his guitar pick.

pick

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

Synonyms pick synonyms

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pick English » English

pluck choose select gather plectrum collect pickaxe peck choice elect selection harvest cull take tear off prick pickax pick up poke pick out option mattock woof weft tear stick pull out pierce picking opt name hoe hack get awl assort trim sort separate prefer plunk plectron pique nip off nibble glean foot filling draw cream

Topics pick topics

What do people use pick to talk about?
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
Person Body Head

Ear
Person Body Head

Tooth

  • What do people do to their teeth?
    pick
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Choose
Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Comb hair
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops

Growing vegetables
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops

Growing fruit
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing fruit

Growing grapes
Work and occupation Agriculture Harvest

Gather wild plants
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Mining
Work and occupation Tool Cutting tool

Digging tool
Language and thought Think

Learn
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Cast lots
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Person Body functions

Mucus
Language and thought Think Remember

Recognize
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack
Daily life Adornment

Care for the teeth
Daily life Fire

Fuel
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops

Growing flowers
Work and occupation Agriculture

Harvest
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Buy
Physical actions Posture

Stand
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lift
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Pick up
Physical actions Have, be with

Receive
Physical actions Have, be with

Get
States Quantity More

Increase
Grammar Name

Name of a person

Conjugation pick conjugation

How do you conjugate pick?

pick · verb

Examples pick examples

How do I use pick in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'll arrange for someone to pick you up at your home.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck.
I might be able to come and pick you up.
I'm off to pick up Tom.
When you're preparing food for someone, please don't pick your nose, scratch your ass, or sneeze in your hands.
We'll pick them up on the way.
Your French is really good. Where did you pick it up?
I'm going to pick up the kids at school.
I have a bone to pick with you.
Pick up your things and go away.
Please pick me up at the airport at five.
Can you pick me up at the station?
Don't bother to pick me up at the hotel.
Soon the same waiter came back to pick up the dishes.
Please pick me up by car in front of the hotel.
Where can I pick up my baggage?
How can I pick out fresh fish?
Everyone seems to have a bone to pick with someone, but only a few people can be philosophical about it.
If you have a bone to pick with a person, tell it to his face instead of saying things behind his back.
What time shall I pick you up?
Whether you pick the Lions or Tigers to win, the result will be a toss-up because both teams are equally strong.
Hello, it's me. Could you come pick me up at the station?
Where will the bus pick us up?
Where should I pick the tickets up?
Pick it up.

Movie subtitles

Am I the only one to be pick on? Am I some kind of passing dog?
When the day comes that we pick up a transmission from an alien civilisation, we as a species, frankly, will face our greatest challenge ever, I think.
But if we do pick up a signal from an alien race, not everyone thinks it's such a good idea to answer back.
You have good eyes to pick a guy?
I will pick the perfect hell for you and prepare it in advance.
What time do you want to pick me up? Uh. Okay, so I've been up all night and I hung the fish, painted the walls, put up the mural, cleaned out the fridge, redid the grout in the bathroom and for the finishing touch.
That you didn't pick out.
Let's see. I got to where I pick up the truck for deliveries.
Every time I saw your name, I wanted to pick up the phone.
Let's go pick out the first round of dresses.
Excuse me, miss, I have a bone to pick with you.
I have a mild sativa in there that'll calm you down. and maybe inspire you to pick up guitar.
She can just pick them off like any normal person.
Aah, pick up. Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up.
Young or old, but rich. You're pretty, you'll get your pick.
Pick up your tickets for I.M. Hope in the foyer.
Thank Goldi. She helped pick them out.
I'll pick four members from my platoon to help, plus me, as I said.
At this rate, we won't pick up any audio or video.
We'll escort you until they come pick you up.
I pick up and drop off.
Pick your partner and a-promenade back.
We're getting into dangerous country, Flack. So I'll be riding to the Pawnee villages to pick up some Injun scouts.
There's plenty of buffalo sign out here, so I'll be riding out to pick up fresh meat.
So you scout the train ahead, and I'll pick it up in a week or so.
There's a trail I've followed for over 3,000 miles now, and I'm headin' back to pick it up again and follow it to the end.
It'll pick you up.
Pick the officers!
So, anyway, my cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister is gonna be bringing some by this afternoon, and I know it sounds a little stupid, but I'm kind of nervous to pick them up myself.
Just pick China who is your neighboring country, China!
I'll pick up after 5 rings at least.
Uh-huh. What time do you want to pick me up?
Jas, come on. Let's go pick out the first round of dresses.
I pick his big ass up, walk him out.
I would sooner pound the treadmill in the workhouse or pick oakum... than spend another hour engaged in labour such as this.
And pick out something you like, and whatever it is, we'll do it.
The personal succulents you can pick up on your way out.
I told you, I pick up and drop off.

News and current affairs

This will change, however, once the economic pick-up is confirmed.
Who will pick it up?
Recent monthly figures suggest a pick-up in retail sales.
When we pick a cheaper wine, we can splurge on dessert.
One's skill as an economist depends on the ability to pick and choose the right model for the situation.
In other words, home authorities are left to pick up the tab when things go wrong.
The absence of consecutive re-election at any level reinforces the party machines' power: they pick candidates, whom voters merely ratify at the polls.
Countries tend to pick the low-hanging fruit as they benefit from imported technologies in the early stages of economic take-off, and growth rates generally slow as economies reach higher levels of development.
Ideological party platforms have lost their force; voters do not accept the specific bundles offered by parties but want to pick and choose.
After all, member governments would still pick the candidates, and there can be no escaping politics in what is essentially a political process.
If decisions about systemically important national financial institutions are made at the European level in good times, while in bad times national taxpayers pick up the tab, the whole EU will lose.
If the US and Europe are too neglectful to do their part, the emerging economies can and will pick up part of the slack.
One reason for this is that the EU does not want to pick a fight with Russia, which still sees us as its close ally, natural business partner, and as members of an enlarging Russian-led economic zone.
Of course, there is the question of which movie to pick.
MILAN - Although the financial crisis is winding down, the prospects for growth in the global economy are unlikely to pick up.
If the US were to play a relatively smaller role in world affairs, and no other system was created to pick up the slack, these values could be at risk.
Undocumented workers pick America's crops, clean Americans' houses, and serve Americans their food, but their fate simply does not matter to many US citizens.
The author, a BoE employee named Tobias Neumann, argued that incorporating more data into the models could lead them to pick up noise and mistake it for an important signal.
If their combined impact more than outweighs the initial contractionary effect of expenditure cuts, then the economy may well pick up after a round of fiscal tightening.
On June 1, Dr. Jiang Yanyong, a surgeon at Beijing 301 Military Hospital, and his wife, Dr. Hua Zhongwei, both seventy-two years old, left home to pick up a visa at the American Embassy.
Come presidential election-day in 2012, South Korean voters will pick the candidate who embodies pragmatism and centrism over a partisan or ideologue.
His land costs are low. So are his labor costs, since he relies on family and friends to weed and pick the crop.
As a result, politicians are prepared to pick a city and order it to create the functions of a financial center, as if such a thing can be constructed like a building - a concept that could not be more off the mark.
He felt an urge, and now the chips will fall and only he can pick up the pieces.

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