pick
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～ pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
pick
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～ provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
pick over
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～ separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection"
pick
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～ attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
pick at
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～ eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
pick off
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～ pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
pick out
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～ pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "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"
pick
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～ hit lightly with a picking motion
pick
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～ eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
pick at
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～ pluck or pull at with the fingers; "She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse"
pick
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～ select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
pick at
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～ express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
pick out
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～ detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
pick
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～ pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
pick
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～ pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
pick apart
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～ find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
pick
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～ remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
pick
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～ look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"