Definition of pick

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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..

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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..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Ore :: Ore (n.) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless..
Unpick :: Unpick (v. t.) To pick out; to undo by picking.
Piccalilli :: Piccalilli (n.) A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies..
Okra :: Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo..
Maundril :: Maundril (n.) A pick with two prongs, to pry with..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Guards :: Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, The Household Guards..
Pick :: 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..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) An instrument for picking locks.
Pickling :: Pickling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pickl.
Ragpicker :: Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Bilimbing :: Bilimbing (n.) The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases..
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..
Picking :: Picking (a.) Nice; careful.
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
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