pick

1 of 5

verb (1)

ˈpik

picked; picking; picks

transitive verb

: to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument

picked the hard clay

: to remove bit by bit

pick meat from bones

: to remove covering or adhering matter from

pick the bones

: to gather by plucking

pick apples

: choose, select

tried to pick the shortest route

: to make (one's way) slowly and carefully

picked his way through the rubble

: pilfer, rob

pick pockets

: to obtain useful information from by questioning

—used in such phrases as pick the brains of

: provoke

pick a quarrel

: to dig into : probe

picking his teeth

: to pluck (a stringed instrument, such as a guitar) with a pick or with the fingers

: to loosen or pull apart with a sharp point

pick wool

: to unlock with a device (such as a wire) other than the key

pick a lock

intransitive verb

: to use or work with a pick

: to gather or harvest something by plucking

: pilfer

—used in the phrase picking and stealing

: to eat sparingly or mincingly

picking listlessly at his dinner

pick

2 of 5

noun (1)

: a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument

: the act or privilege of choosing or selecting : choice

take your pick

: the best or choicest one

the pick of the herd

: one that is picked

his pick for vice president

: the portion of a crop gathered at one time

the first pick of peaches

: a screen in basketball

football : an intercepted forward pass : interception

… McNabb had his worst game of the year. He threw two picks, fumbled twice, got sacked seven times.—

Paul Zimmerman

pick

3 of 5

noun (2)

: a heavy, usually long-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends compare mattock

: toothpick

: picklock

: a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument

: one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating

: a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hairstyle

pick

4 of 5

verb (2)

picked; picking; picks

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal : to throw or thrust with effort : hurl

: to throw (a shuttle) across the loom

pick

5 of 5

noun (3)

dialectal, England

: the act of pitching or throwing

: something thrown

: a throw of the shuttle

: a filling thread

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick — more at pike

Noun (2)

Middle English pik

Verb (2)

Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch

First Known Use

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

pick

1 of 3 verb

ˈpik

: to strike, pierce, or break up with a pointed tool

: to remove matter from bit by bit by or as if by plucking

picked the bone clean

: to gather by plucking

pick berries

: to pluck with a pick or with the fingers

pick a guitar

: select entry 1, choose

pick out a dress

: to make (one's way) slowly and carefully

picked their way through the rubble

: to steal or pilfer from

pick pockets

: to start (a fight) with someone else deliberately

: to dig at or into : probe

picking his teeth

: to eat sparingly or in a finicky manner

picked at her dinner

: to unlock without a key

pick a lock

picker noun

pick

2 of 3 noun

: a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument

: the act or opportunity of choosing : choice

take your pick

: the best or choicest one or portion

took only the pick of the crop

: one that is picked

his pick for vice president

pick

3 of 3 noun

: a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends used especially to loosen or break up soil or rock

: a slender pointed instrument

ice pick

: a small thin piece of metal or plastic used to pluck a stringed instrument

: a comb with long widely spaced teeth used in grooming hair

picking 1 of 2

noun

as in choice

the act or process of selecting the picking of new recruits went on for three days

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

choice
selecting
election
choosing
selection
naming
decision
nomination
option
appointment
designation
assignment

picking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pick

as in harvesting

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

harvesting
gathering
growing
reaping
fishing
mowing
cutting
gleaning
accumulating
foraging
sealing
hunting
bagging
capturing
cropping
trapping
garnering
raising
clamming
whaling
netting
snaring
shrimping
haying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

planting
seeding
sowing

as in selecting

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I pick you as my partner

Synonyms & Similar Words

selecting
choosing
taking
naming
electing
culling
preferring
handpicking
tagging
designating
cherry-picking
nominating
tapping
appointing
adopting
accepting
marking
preselecting
tabbing
singling (out)
opting (for)
fixing
setting
embracing
espousing
settling (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

rejecting
refusing
declining
turning down
discarding
repudiating
disapproving
spurning
throwing out
throwing away
jettisoning
negativing

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being he seems to be trying to pick a fight

Synonyms & Similar Words

provoking
raising
promoting
encouraging
triggering
cultivating
instigating
fermenting
inciting
brewing
fomenting
stimulating
abetting
sowing
setting in motion
fostering
stimulating
advancing
nurturing
detonating
furthering
forwarding
motivating
nourishing
whipping (up)
setting
activating
stirring (up)
inspiring
setting off
rousing
firing
galvanizing
inflaming
exciting
energizing
invigorating
enlivening
enflaming
quickening
vitalizing
pepping (up)
jazzing (up)
livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

checking
holding
regulating
restraining
discouraging
constraining
inhibiting
taming
curbing
settling
subduing
bridling
soothing
reining (in)
calming
quieting
stilling
allaying
tranquilizing
tranquillizing

as in nibbling

to eat reluctantly and in small bites still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food

Synonyms & Similar Words

nibbling
pecking
snacking
tasting
grazing
noshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

gorging
swilling
overeating
gormandizing
pigging out

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp

Synonyms & Similar Words

stabbing
jabbing
sticking
puncturing
piercing
pecking
spitting
poking
slicing
spiking
spearing
punching
skewering
impaling
lancing
harpooning
transfixing
pinking
running through
goring
transpiercing
cutting
spindling
riddling
perforating
piking
pricking
thrusting
bayoneting
knifing
gimleting
pinpricking
pronging
dirking
quilling
bayonetting
poniarding

单词	picking
释义	pick 1 of 5 verb (1) ˈpik picked; picking; picks transitive verb 1 : to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument picked the hard clay 2 a : to remove bit by bit pick meat from bones b : to remove covering or adhering matter from pick the bones 3 a : to gather by plucking pick apples b : choose, select tried to pick the shortest route c : to make (one's way) slowly and carefully picked his way through the rubble 4 a : pilfer, rob pick pockets b : to obtain useful information from by questioning —used in such phrases as pick the brains of 5 : provoke pick a quarrel 6 a : to dig into : probe picking his teeth b : to pluck (a stringed instrument, such as a guitar) with a pick or with the fingers c : to loosen or pull apart with a sharp point pick wool 7 : to unlock with a device (such as a wire) other than the key pick a lock intransitive verb 1 : to use or work with a pick 2 : to gather or harvest something by plucking 3 : pilfer —used in the phrase picking and stealing 4 : to eat sparingly or mincingly picking listlessly at his dinner pick 2 of 5 noun (1) 1 : a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument 2 a : the act or privilege of choosing or selecting : choice take your pick b : the best or choicest one the pick of the herd c : one that is picked his pick for vice president 3 : the portion of a crop gathered at one time the first pick of peaches 4 : a screen in basketball 5 football : an intercepted forward pass : interception … McNabb had his worst game of the year. He threw two picks, fumbled twice, got sacked seven times.—Paul Zimmerman pick 3 of 5 noun (2) 1 : a heavy, usually long-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends compare mattock 2 a : toothpick b : picklock c : a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument 3 : one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating 4 : a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hairstyle Illustration of pick pick 2c pick 4 of 5 verb (2) picked; picking; picks transitive verb 1 chiefly dialectal : to throw or thrust with effort : hurl 2 : to throw (a shuttle) across the loom pick 5 of 5 noun (3) 1 dialectal, England a : the act of pitching or throwing b : something thrown 2 a : a throw of the shuttle b : a filling thread Phrases pick and choose : to select with care and deliberation pick at : to criticize repeatedly especially for minor faults : nag pick on : to single out for criticism, teasing, or bullying picked on smaller boys also : to single out for a particular purpose or for special attention Synonyms Verb (1) gather harvest reap Noun (1) bet choice chosen selection See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Verb (1) Middle English piken, partly from Old English pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken* to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick — more at pike Noun (2) Middle English pik Verb (2) Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch First Known Use Verb (1) 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (2) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (3) 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing pick bone to pick ear pick choose/pick sides cherry-pick first pick pick/take up the cudgels for pick/step up the pace pick/choose your poison number one pick pick/take up the gauntlet pick/take up the slack pick a fight/quarrel pick a fight pick and choose pick-and-mix pick-and-shovel pick a quarrel pick off pick-me-up pick one's way pick oneself up pick out pick over pick-six pick (someone or something) to pieces/shreds pick someone's brain/brains pick someone's pocket pick (something) clean pick up pick up and leave/go pick up after (someone) pick up steam pick up speed/momentum pick up the pace pick up the tab/bill/check take one's pick the pick of the bunch the pick of the litter ice pick pick apart pick up the tab pick up the pieces pick a lock pick-and-roll pick up the threads pick up on pick at pick on pick the brains of See More bone to pick ear pick choose/pick sides cherry-pick first pick pick/take up the cudgels for pick/step up the pace pick/choose your poison number one pick pick/take up the gauntlet pick/take up the slack pick a fight/quarrel pick a fight pick and choose pick-and-mix pick-and-shovel pick a quarrel pick off pick-me-up pick one's way pick oneself up pick out pick over pick-six pick (someone or something) to pieces/shreds pick someone's brain/brains pick someone's pocket pick (something) clean pick up pick up and leave/go pick up after (someone) pick up steam pick up speed/momentum pick up the pace pick up the tab/bill/check take one's pick the pick of the bunch the pick of the litter ice pick pick apart pick up the tab pick up the pieces pick a lock pick-and-roll pick up the threads pick up on pick at pick on pick the brains of See More Kids Definition pick 1 of 3 verb ˈpik 1 : to strike, pierce, or break up with a pointed tool 2 a : to remove matter from bit by bit by or as if by plucking picked the bone clean b : to gather by plucking pick berries c : to pluck with a pick or with the fingers pick a guitar 3 a : select entry 1, choose pick out a dress b : to make (one's way) slowly and carefully picked their way through the rubble 4 : to steal or pilfer from pick pockets 5 : to start (a fight) with someone else deliberately 6 : to dig at or into : probe picking his teeth 7 : to eat sparingly or in a finicky manner picked at her dinner 8 : to unlock without a key pick a lock picker noun pick 2 of 3 noun 1 : a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument 2 a : the act or opportunity of choosing : choice take your pick b : the best or choicest one or portion took only the pick of the crop c : one that is picked his pick for vice president pick 3 of 3 noun 1 : a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends used especially to loosen or break up soil or rock 2 : a slender pointed instrument ice pick 3 : a small thin piece of metal or plastic used to pluck a stringed instrument 4 : a comb with long widely spaced teeth used in grooming hair picking 1 of 2 noun as in choice the act or process of selecting the picking of new recruits went on for three days Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance choice selecting election choosing selection naming decision nomination option appointment designation assignment picking 2 of 2 verb present participle of pick 1 as in harvesting to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner Synonyms & Similar Words harvesting gathering growing reaping fishing mowing cutting gleaning accumulating foraging sealing hunting bagging capturing cropping trapping garnering raising clamming whaling netting snaring shrimping haying Antonyms & Near Antonyms planting seeding sowing 2 as in selecting to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I pick you as my partner Synonyms & Similar Words selecting choosing taking naming electing culling preferring handpicking tagging designating cherry-picking nominating tapping appointing adopting accepting marking preselecting tabbing singling (out) opting (for) fixing setting embracing espousing settling (on or upon) Antonyms & Near Antonyms rejecting refusing declining turning down discarding repudiating disapproving spurning throwing out throwing away jettisoning negativing See More 3 as in provoking to bring (something volatile or intense) into being he seems to be trying to pick a fight Synonyms & Similar Words provoking raising promoting encouraging triggering cultivating instigating fermenting inciting brewing fomenting stimulating abetting sowing setting in motion fostering stimulating advancing nurturing detonating furthering forwarding motivating nourishing whipping (up) setting activating stirring (up) inspiring setting off rousing firing galvanizing inflaming exciting energizing invigorating enlivening enflaming quickening vitalizing pepping (up) jazzing (up) livening (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms checking holding regulating restraining discouraging constraining inhibiting taming curbing settling subduing bridling soothing reining (in) calming quieting stilling allaying tranquilizing tranquillizing See More 4 as in nibbling to eat reluctantly and in small bites still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food Synonyms & Similar Words nibbling pecking snacking tasting grazing noshing Antonyms & Near Antonyms gorging swilling overeating gormandizing pigging out 5 as in stabbing to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp Synonyms & Similar Words stabbing jabbing sticking puncturing piercing pecking spitting poking slicing spiking spearing punching skewering impaling lancing harpooning transfixing pinking running through goring transpiercing cutting spindling riddling perforating piking pricking thrusting bayoneting knifing gimleting pinpricking pronging dirking quilling bayonetting poniarding
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pick

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Phrases Containing pick

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