Verbs in english

• pick — Verb – English ～ hit lightly with a picking motion
• pick — Verb – English ～ eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
• pick at — Verb – English ～ pluck or pull at with the fingers; "She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse"
• pick — Verb – English ～ select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
• pick at — Verb – English ～ express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
• pick out — Verb – English ～ 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 — Verb – English ～ pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
• pick — Verb – English ～ pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
• pick apart — Verb – English ～ 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 — Verb – English ～ remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
• pick — Verb – English ～ look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
• pick off — Verb – English ～ shoot one by one
• hand-pick — Verb – English ～ pick personally and very carefully; "the director hand-picked his new team"
• picket — Verb – English ～ fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
• picket — Verb – English ～ serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
• pickle — Verb – English ～ preserve in a pickling liquid
• picnic — Verb – English ～ eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
• picture — Verb – English ～ 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 — Verb – English ～ 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 — Verb – English ～ call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"

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