Definition of pick

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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..

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Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble..
Spice :: Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pick.
Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To trim.
Pickling :: Pickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pickl.
Unpicked :: Unpicked (a.) Picked out; picked open.
Pick :: Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick..
Junk :: "Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships..
Pike :: Pike (sing. & pl.) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..
Picking :: Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound..
Pickback :: Pickback (adv.) On the back.
Pickerel :: Pickerel (n.) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye..
Purslane :: Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling..
Shark :: Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
Unpicked :: Unpicked (a.) Not picked.
Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..
Pick :: 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..
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