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"
picket
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～ fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
picket
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～ serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
pickle
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～ preserve in a pickling liquid
picnic
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～ eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
picture
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～ imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
picture
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～ show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
paint a picture
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～ call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"
piddle
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～ waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently