• the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your Pick"
• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one''s body; "he was called for setting an illegal Pick"
• 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"
• a thin sharp implement used for Picking; "he used a Pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
• the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my Pick for mayor"
• the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England''s young men were killed in the Great War"
• the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first Picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach Pick in years"
• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
• remove in small bits; "Pick meat from a bone"
• select carefully from a group; "She finally Picked her successor"; "He Picked his way carefully"
• harass with constant criticism; "Don''t always Pick on your little brother"
• eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
• hit lightly with a Picking motion
• look for and gather; "Pick mushrooms"; "Pick flowers"
• attack with or as if with a Pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
• provoke; "Pick a fight or a quarrel"
• pay for something; "Pick up the tab"; "Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
• pilfer or rob; "Pick pockets"

'Pick' in other languages