Synonyms: selection, option, pick, choice
Definition: the act of choosing or selecting
Usage: your choice of colors was unfortunate; you can take your pick
Similar words: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Synonyms: pick
Definition: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
Usage: he was called for setting an illegal pick
Similar words: basketball play
Definition: a play executed by a basketball team
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: edge tool
Definition: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
Synonyms: pick
Definition: a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
Usage: he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
Similar words: hand tool
Definition: a tool used with workers' hands
Synonyms: pick, plectron, plectrum
Definition: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: woof, weft, pick, filling
Definition: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Definition: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Synonyms: selection, choice, pick
Definition: the person or thing chosen or selected
Usage: he was my pick for mayor
Similar words: deciding, decision making
Definition: the cognitive process of reaching a decision
Usage: a good executive must be good at decision making
Definition: the best people or things in a group
Usage: the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
Similar words: elite, elite group
Definition: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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
Similar words: production, output, yield
Definition: the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Usage: production was up in the second quarter
Definition: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Usage: Clean the turkey
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: pick
Definition: remove in small bits
Usage: pick meat from a bone
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: pick
Definition: select carefully from a group
Usage: She finally picked her successor; He picked his way carefully
Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Synonyms: blame, pick, find fault
Definition: harass with constant criticism
Usage: Don't always pick on your little brother
Similar words: criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock
Definition: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
Usage: The paper criticized the new movie; Don't knock the food--it's free
Definition: eat intermittently; take small bites of
Usage: He pieced at the sandwich all morning; She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
Similar words: eat
Definition: take in solid food
Usage: She was eating a banana; What did you eat for dinner last night?
Definition: hit lightly with a picking motion
Similar words: strike
Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead
Definition: look for and gather
Usage: pick mushrooms; pick flowers
Similar words: collect, pull together, garner, gather
Definition: assemble or get together
Usage: gather some stones; pull your thoughts together
Definition: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Usage: Pick open the ice
Similar words: pierce
Definition: cut or make a way through
Usage: the knife cut through the flesh; The path pierced the jungle; Light pierced through the forest
Definition: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Usage: he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Similar words: pull, force, draw
Definition: cause to move by pulling
Usage: draw a wagon; pull a sled
Synonyms: pick
Definition: provoke
Usage: pick a fight or a quarrel
Similar words: provoke, kick up, call forth, evoke
Definition: evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Usage: Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
Definition: pay for something
Usage: pick up the tab; pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages; foot the bill
Similar words: pay
Definition: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Usage: I paid four dollars for this sandwich; Pay the waitress, please
Synonyms: pick
Definition: pilfer or rob
Usage: pick pockets
Similar words: rob
Definition: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
Usage: The burglars robbed him of all his money