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verb
- 1. take hold of 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, typically after careful thought: "maybe I picked the wrong career after all" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act or the right of selecting something from among a group 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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The meaning of PICK is to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument. How to use pick 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.
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.
27 meanings: 1. to choose (something) deliberately or carefully, from or as if from a group or number; select 2. to pluck or.... Click for more definitions.
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.
