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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pick"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose someone or something out of a group of people or things
Transitive: to pick sth
to pick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team captain will pick players for the upcoming match.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to take a flower or fruit from its plant with our fingers
Transitive: to pick a flower or fruit
to pick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Be careful when you pick the pears; they bruise easily.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āύāĻžāĻļāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ; āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϠ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to peck at or gather small bits of food, especially grains
Transitive: to pick grains or food
to pick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pigeon picked breadcrumbs off the pavement in the park.
āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāĻĨ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ crumbs āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ.
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather or harvest berries, flowers, or similar items where they grow
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They went out early to pick before the sun got too hot.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to intentionally cause or start a conflict, argument, or confrontation
Transitive: to pick an argument or fight
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They picked a quarrel with their neighbors over the property line.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϛ⧇āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to remove or separate something bit by bit using the fingers
Transitive: to pick sth from sth | to pick sth out of sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He picked the seeds out of the watermelon carefully.
āϏ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāϰāĻŽā§āϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§€āϜ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clean or ready food by removing unwanted or inedible parts
Transitive: to pick unwanted parts of food material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef picked the stems and leaves from the strawberries before plating them.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāρāϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to use a pointed tool or instrument to pierce, dig into, or break apart a hard surface
Transitive: to pick a hard surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The worker picked the asphalt to remove the damaged section of the road.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āϏāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϕ⧇āϟāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to secretly take items from someone’s pocket, purse, or belongings without their knowledge
Transitive: to pick a pocket or bag
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was caught trying to pick a customer ’s purse in the store.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to eat in small, careful, or reluctant amounts
Intransitive: to pick at food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He picked at his dinner, clearly not in the mood to eat.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāχ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ

the act of choosing or selecting
pick definition and meaning
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āϕ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ, āĻ–āύāĻŋ

a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
pick definition and meaning
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻ•āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ

a small plastic or metal piece by which a string instrument such as a guitar is played
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
pick definition and meaning
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āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ

the person or thing chosen or selected
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ, āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

a move where a player stands still to block a defender and help a teammate get open
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āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āϏ⧂āϚāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ•, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•

the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ, āϏ⧇āϰāĻž

the best people or things in a group
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āĻĢāϏāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

the quantity of a crop that is harvested
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ, āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

(lacrosse) a play where a player blocks a defender to free up a teammate for a pass or shot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a pick, the attacker dodged past the defender easily.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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