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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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..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account..
Caper :: Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles..
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..
Olive :: Olive (n.) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh..
Pickeered :: Pickeered (imp. & p. p.) of Pickee.
Spignel :: Spignel (n.) Same as Spickenel.
Wampee :: Wampee (n.) The pickerel weed.
Pickle-herring :: Pickle-herring (n.) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
Pickthank :: Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively..
Pickaninnies :: Pickaninnies (pl. ) of Pickaninn.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.
Spick :: Spick (n.) A spike or nail.
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..
Pickery :: Pickery (n.) Petty theft.
Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..
Select :: Select (a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Pick :: Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick..
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