pick
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/pɪk/
English
Definitions
noun
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A choice; ability to choose.
verb
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.“Don't pick at that scab.”
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.“It's time to pick the tomatoes.”
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.“She picked flowers in the meadow.”
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.“to pick rags”