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picked

Verb

Adjective

pick

Noun

∙ A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
∙ A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
∙ A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
∙ A choice; ability to choose.
∙ That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
∙ A screen. basketball
∙ An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. lacrosse
∙ An interception. American football
∙ A good defensive play by an infielder. baseball
∙ A pickoff. baseball
∙ A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. music
∙ A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
∙ A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. obsolete
∙ A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet. printing, dated
∙ That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. art, painting
∙ The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread. weaving

Verb

∙ To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
∙ To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
∙ To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
∙ To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
∙ To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
∙ To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
∙ To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released. cricket
∙ To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. music
∙ To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
∙ To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
∙ To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
∙ To steal; to pilfer.
∙ To throw; to pitch. obsolete
∙ 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. dated
∙ To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

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