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pick
Verb
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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.
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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?
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If you pick up the phone, you answer it.
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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.
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If you try to pick up someone you have just met, you talk to them because you want to have sex with them.
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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.
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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.
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If you pick a musical instrument such as a guitar, you play it by pulling its strings and letting them go.
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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.
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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
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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?
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A pick is a tool used to dig.
He dug that hole using a pick.
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A pick is something used to play a guitar with.
He forgot his guitar pick.
off
Preposition
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Away from somewhere or some time.
I got ready and by 7:00 I was off to school.
There's a nice restaurant just off the main road.
Bye, I'll be off now.
He was standing about 50m off.
Your birthday's only a few days off now.
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If something is off it is not on.
She took the hat off his head.
Keep your feet off the desk, please.
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Out of a vehicle such as a train, bus, etc.
As the train stopped, he jumped off and ran to her.
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If something that uses energy is off, it is not working.
It was dark in the room because the light was off.
He turned the TV off and went to bed.
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If you are off, you do not have to go to work or to school.
I work evenings, but I have my afternoons off.
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made smaller by a certain amount
They've taken 30% off the price.
We cut off a few pieces.
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If a plan, event, etc. is off, it will not happen.
Tonight's game is off because of the rain.
They've called off the meeting.
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If you're off something, you don't like or want something you wanted before.
That article really put me off meat.
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If you're off some medicine, you are not using it any more.
He's been off the pain killers for a few weeks.
off
Adjective
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If food is off, it is not good to eat anymore.
off
Verb
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If a person offs someone, they kill him or her.
I heard they offed Jimmy by drowning.
spindle
Noun
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A spindle is a rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool)
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A spindle is a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves.