Definitions of pick in various dictionaries:
noun -
the person or thing chosen or selected
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the quantity of a crop that is harvested
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the best people or things in a group
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the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
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a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
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a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
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a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
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a basketball maneuver
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the act of choosing or selecting
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select carefully from a group
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look for and gather
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harass with constant criticism
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provoke
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remove in small bits
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remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
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pilfer or rob
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pay for something
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pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
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attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
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hit lightly with a picking motion
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eat intermittently
To select or cull.
To gather in; harvest: They were picking cotton.
To gather the harvest from: We picked the whole field in one day.
To remove the outer covering of; pluck: pick a chicken clean of feathers.
To tear off bit by bit: pick meat from the bones.
To remove extraneous matter from (the teeth).
To poke and pull at (something) with the fingers.
To break up, separate, or detach by means of a sharp, pointed instrument.
To pierce or make (a hole) with a sharp, pointed instrument.
To take up (food) with the beak; peck: The parrot picked its seed.
To steal the contents of: My pocket was picked.
To open (a lock) without the use of a key.
To provoke: pick a fight.
Music.
To pluck (the strings) of an instrument: picked the guitar while sitting alone on the deck.
To play (a tune) by plucking strings: picked a melody out on the guitar.
To decide with care or forethought.
To work with a pick.
To find fault or make petty criticisms; carp: He’s always picking about something.
To be harvested or gathered: The ripe apples picked easily.
The act of picking, especially with a sharp, pointed instrument.
The act of selecting or choosing; choice: got first pick of the desserts.
Something selected as the most desirable; the best or choicest part: the pick of the crop.
The amount or quantity of a crop that is picked by hand.
To pluck or pull at, especially with the fingers.
To eat sparingly or without appetite: The child just picked at her food.
To nag: Don’t pick at me day and night.
To shoot after singling out: The hunter picked the ducks off one by one.
To catch (a base runner) off base and put out with a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher, often to a specified base.
To intercept, as a football pass.
To choose or select: picked out the best piece of silk.
To discern from the surroundings; distinguish: picked out their cousins from the crowd.
To take up (something) by hand: pick up a book.
To collect or gather: picked up the broken pieces of glass.
To tidy up: Let’s pick up the living room.
To take on (passengers or freight, for example): The bus picks up commuters at three stops.
Informal.
To acquire casually or by accident: picked up a mink coat on sale.
To acquire (knowledge) by learning or experience: picked up French very quickly.
To claim: picked up her shoes at the repair shop.
To buy: picked up some beverages on the way home.
To accept (a bill or charge) in order to pay it: Let me pick up the tab.
To come down with (a disease): picked up a virus in the office.
To gain: picked up five yards on that play.
To take into custody: The coast guard picked up five smugglers.
To make casual acquaintance with, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.
To come upon and follow: The dog picked up the scent.
To come upon and observe: We picked up two submarines on sonar.
To continue after a break: Let’s pick up the discussion after lunch.
To improve in condition or activity: Sales picked up last fall.
To pack one’s belongings: She just picked up and left.
To take into the mind and understand, typically with speed: picked up on the new approach and applied it to the project.
To notice: learned to pick up on his superior’s moods and act accordingly.
A tool for breaking hard surfaces, consisting of a curved bar sharpened at both ends and fitted to a long handle.
Something, such as an ice pick, a toothpick, or a picklock, that is used for picking.
A long-toothed comb, usually designed for use on curly hair.
A pointed projection on the front of the blade of a figure skate.
A plectrum.
A weft thread in weaving.
A passage or throw of the shuttle in a loom.
To throw (a shuttle) across a loom.
To cast; pitch.
verb - to take by preference