pick

1. v. To throw; to pitch. Source: opted

2. v. 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. Source: opted

3. v. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. Source: opted

4. v. To open (a lock) as by a wire. Source: opted

5. v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

7. v. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. v. To trim. Source: opted

10. v. i. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. Source: opted

11. v. i. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. Source: opted

12. v. i. To steal; to pilfer. Source: opted

13. n. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. Source: opted

14. 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. Source: opted

15. n. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. Source: opted

16. n. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. Source: opted

17. n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. Source: opted

18. n. A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. Source: opted

19. n. That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. Source: opted

20. n. The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. Source: opted

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