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- Dictionarypick/pɪk/
verb
- 1. detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing: "I went to pick some flowers for Jenny's room" Similar
- 2. choose (someone or something) from a number of alternatives: "maybe I picked the wrong career after all" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives: "take your pick from our extensive menu" Similar
- 2. an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler.
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PICK definition: 1. to take some things and leave others: 2. to take some things but not others: 3. to remove…. Learn more.
Merriam-Webster unabridged. The meaning of PICK is to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument. How to use pick in a sentence.
Pick definition: to choose or select from among a group. See examples of PICK used in a sentence.
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. Something you pick can be called a pick, like the " pick of the litter,” the best dog of the bunch.
a tool with a handle carrying a long steel head curved and tapering to a point at one or both ends, used for loosening soil, breaking rocks, etc. 2. any of various tools used for picking, such as an ice pick or toothpick. 3.
1. to choose (something) deliberately or carefully, from or as if from a group or number; select. 2. to pluck or gather (fruit, berries, or crops) from (a tree, bush, field, etc): to pick hops; to pick a whole bush. 3. (Cookery) ( tr) to clean or prepare (fruit, poultry, etc) by removing the indigestible parts.
[transitive] to pull or remove something or small pieces of something from something else, especially with your fingers. pick something + adv./prep. She picked bits of fluff from his sweater. He picked the nuts off the top of the cake. Names were picked at random out of a hat.
