pick


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pick
n. hoe, tool used to spread soil; pickax, to used to break up soil; choice, selection; plectrum, small piece of metal or plastic with which a stringed instrument may be played
 
v. choose, select; pluck, pull out; tear out; peck, strike with a sharp instrument; pluck the strings of an instrument, play a stringed instrument

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Noun
1. the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
(synonym) choice, selection
(hypernym) decision making, deciding
(hyponym) pleasure
2. the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
(synonym) picking
(hypernym) output, yield, production
(derivation) pluck, cull
3. the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
(synonym) cream
(hypernym) elite, elite group
4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
(synonym) woof, weft, filling
(hypernym) thread, yarn
(substance-holonym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(part-holonym) weave
5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
(synonym) plectrum, plectron
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) guitar pick
(derivation) pluck, plunk
6. a thin sharp implement used for picking; "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"
(hypernym) hand tool
(hyponym) icepick, ice pick
7. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
(synonym) pickax, pickaxe
(hypernym) edge tool
(hyponym) mattock
(derivation) break up
8. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
(hypernym) basketball play
9. the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
(synonym) choice, selection, option
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) casting

Verb
1. select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(hyponym) hand-pick
(derivation) choice, selection, option
2. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
(synonym) pluck, cull
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together
(hyponym) mushroom
(see-also) pick up, receive
(derivation) picking
3. harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
(synonym) blame, find fault
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
4. provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
(hypernym) provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
5. remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
6. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
(synonym) clean
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
7. pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
(hypernym) rob
(derivation) pickings, taking
8. pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
(synonym) foot
(hypernym) pay
9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
(synonym) pluck, plunk
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) twang
(derivation) plectrum, plectron
10. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
(synonym) break up
(hypernym) pierce
(entail) chop, hack
(derivation) pickax, pickaxe
11. hit lightly with a picking motion
(synonym) peck, beak
(hypernym) strike
12. eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
(synonym) nibble, piece
(hypernym) eat


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picken
v. peck, strike with a beak or pointed tool, dig

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pick
n. volba; výběr; krumpáč; vyber si
 
v. vybrat (si); trhat; sbírat; česat; našlapovat; být vybíravý; okrást koho; uždibovat co; šťourat se v čem; zasednout si na koho; všimnout si koho/čeho; zahlédnout koho/co; zlepšit se; uzdravit se; chytat; zachytit; pochytit co; sehnat co; narazit na co; vyzvednout co/koho