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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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[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.
How to use pick in a sentence. to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument; to remove bit by bit; to remove covering or adhering matter from… See the full definition
Pick definition: to choose or select from among a group. See examples of PICK used in a sentence.
PICK definition: 1. to take some things and leave others: 2. to take some things but not others: 3. to remove…. Learn more.
Oct 29, 2024 · 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.
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.
Definitions of 'pick' 1. If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. [...] 2. When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. [...] 3. If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. [...] More. English for Special Purposes. in Retail.
PICK definition: 1. to choose something or someone: 2. If you pick flowers, fruit, etc, you take them off a tree or…. Learn more.
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.
to pierce or break up (something) with a pointed instrument: to pick iron ore. to use a pointed instrument on (a thing), to remove particles or something stuck: After dinner he grabbed a toothpick and began to pick his teeth. to prepare for use by removing a covering, as feathers: to pick a fowl.
