Main entry: selection, option, pick, choice
Definition: the act of choosing or selecting
Usage: your choice of colors was unfortunate; you can take your pick
Main entry: pick
Definition: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
Usage: he was called for setting an illegal pick
Main entry: pick, pickax, pickaxe
Definition: a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
Usage: they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
Main entry: pick
Definition: a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
Usage: he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
Main entry: pick, plectron, plectrum
Definition: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Main entry: woof, weft, pick, filling
Definition: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Main entry: selection, choice, pick
Definition: the person or thing chosen or selected
Usage: he was my pick for mayor
Definition: the best people or things in a group
Usage: the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
Definition: the quantity of a crop that is harvested
Usage: he sent the first picking of berries to the market; it was the biggest peach pick in years
Definition: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Usage: Clean the turkey
Main entry: pick
Definition: remove in small bits
Usage: pick meat from a bone
Main entry: pick
Definition: select carefully from a group
Usage: She finally picked her successor; He picked his way carefully
Main entry: blame, pick, find fault
Definition: harass with constant criticism
Usage: Don't always pick on your little brother
Main entry: pick, piece, nibble
Definition: eat intermittently; take small bites of
Usage: He pieced at the sandwich all morning; She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
Definition: hit lightly with a picking motion
Definition: look for and gather
Usage: pick mushrooms; pick flowers
Definition: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Usage: Pick open the ice
Main entry: pluck, plunk, pick
Definition: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Usage: he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Main entry: pick
Definition: provoke
Usage: pick a fight or a quarrel
Definition: pay for something
Usage: pick up the tab; pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages; foot the bill
Main entry: pick
Definition: pilfer or rob
Usage: pick pockets