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pick. verb. uk / pɪk / us / pɪk / pick verb (CHOOSE) Add to word list. B1 [ T ] to take some things and leave others: Pick a card from the pack. be picked for One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team. [ + obj + to infinitive ] She was picked to play for the team.
The meaning of PICK is to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument. How to use pick in a sentence.
Pick definition: to choose or select from among a group. See examples of PICK used in a sentence.
27 meanings: 1. to choose (something) deliberately or carefully, from or as if from a group or number; select 2. to pluck or.... Click for more definitions. TRANSLATOR
When you pick something, you choose it, the way you pick apples in the fall or when you pick a partner to work with in biology class. But if you pick on someone, you bug them in a mean way. Something you pick can be called a pick, like the " pick of the litter,” the best dog of the bunch.
1. to choose (something) deliberately or carefully, from or as if from a group or number; select. 2. to pluck or gather (fruit, berries, or crops) from (a tree, bush, field, etc): to pick hops; to pick a whole bush. 3. (Cookery) ( tr) to clean or prepare (fruit, poultry, etc) by removing the indigestible parts.
Pick is a more informal word and often a less careful action, used especially when the choice being made is not very important. decide to choose between two or more possibilities: We’re still trying to decide on a venue.
