pick
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～ the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
pick-off
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～ a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out
pick
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～ the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
pick
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～ a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
pick
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～ a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
pick
— Verb
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～ remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
pick
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～ harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
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"