Pick(n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
Pick(n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
Pick(n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Pick(n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
Pick(n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
Pick(n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
Pick(n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
Pick(n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
Pick(v.) To throw; to pitch.
Pick(v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
Pick(v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
Pick(v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.
Pick(v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
Pick(v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
Pick(v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
Pick(v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
Pick(v.) To trim.
Pick(v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
Pick(v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
Pick(v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
Picke(n.) A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
Picked(a.) Pointed; sharp.
Picked(a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
Picked(a.) Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
Picked(a.) Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.
Picked(imp. & p. p.) of Pick
Picking(a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
Picking(a.) Nice; careful.
Picking(n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
Picking(n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
Picking(n.) That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
Picking(n.) Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
Picking(n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
Picking(n.) Rough sorting of ore.
Picking(n.) Overburned bricks.
Picking(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pick
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