pick

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/pɪk/]

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1. pick (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

2. pick (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An anchor.

Example: It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.

3. pick (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

4. pick (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

Example: Don't pick at that scab.

5. pick (verb) — sense 5

Definition: 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.

Example: It's time to pick the tomatoes.

6. pick (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

Example: She picked flowers in the meadow.

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