Definition of pick

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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..

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Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat..
Picking :: Picking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pic.
Scotching :: Scotching (n.) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.
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..
Flang :: Flang (n.) A miner's two-pointed pick.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color..
Culler :: Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market..
Pickeerer :: Pickeerer (n.) One who pickeers.
Picket :: Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake..
Pick :: 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..
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
Pickled :: Pickled (a.) Preserved in a pickle.
Caper :: Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles..
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pick.
Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck..
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..
Bede :: Bede (n.) A kind of pickax.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc..
Pickle-herring :: Pickle-herring (n.) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
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