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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pick \Pick\ (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked (p[i^]kt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck;
     akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G.
     picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. Peck, v., Pike, Pitch
     to throw.]
     1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As high as I could pick my lance.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points;
        as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Did you pick Master Slender's purse?  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems
              With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. 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. ``One man picked out of ten thousand.''
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.
  
     To pick a bone with. See under Bone.
  
     To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's
        Utopia).
  
     To pick off.
        (a) To pluck; to remove by picking.
        (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters
            pick off the enemy.
  
     To pick out.
        (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark
            stuff with lines or spots of bright colors.
        (b) To select from a number or quantity.
  
     To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence
        [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.
  
     To pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel
        intentionally.
  
     To pick up.
        (a) To take up, as with the fingers.
        (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there;
            as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pick \Pick\, v. i.
     1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore?
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to
        small things; to select something with care.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To steal; to pilfer. ``To keep my hands from picking and
        stealing.'' --Book of Com. Prayer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To pick up, to improve by degrees; as, he is picking up in
        health or business. [Colloq. U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pick \Pick\, n. [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See Pick, and cf.
     Pike.]
     1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in
        composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mining & Mech.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes
        pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle
        inserted in the middle, -- used for digging ino the ground
        by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer
        used for dressing millstones.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a
        buckler. [Obs.] ``Take down my buckler . . . and grind the
        pick on 't.'' --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick; in cat
        breeding, the owner of a stud gets the pick of the litter.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              France and Russia have the pick of our stables.
                                                    --Ld. Lytton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Hence: That which would be picked or chosen first; the
        best; as, the pick of the flock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Print.) 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. --MacKellar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. (Painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed
        pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Weaving) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Pick dressing (Arch.), in cut stonework, a facing made by a
        pointed tool, leaving the surface in little pits or
        depressions.
  
     Pick hammer, a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt,
        used by miners.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pick \Pick\, v. i.
     1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pick \Pick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to
     Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F.
     piquer, W. pigo. Cf. Peck, v., Pike, Pitch to throw.]
     1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.]
  
              As high as I could pick my lance.     --Shak.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points;
        as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
  
     4. To open (a lock) as by a wire.
  
     5. 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.
  
     6. 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.
  
              Did you pick Master Slender's purse?  --Shak.
  
              He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an
              old tavern quill, is hungry yet.      --Cowper.
  
     7. 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. ``One man picked out of ten thousand.''
        --Shak.
  
     8. 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.
  
     9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.
  
     To pick a bone with. See under Bone.
  
     To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's
        Utopia).
  
     To pick off.
        (a) To pluck; to remove by picking.
        (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters
            pick off the enemy.
  
     To pick out.
        (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark
            stuff with lines or spots of bright colors.
        (b) To select from a number or quantity.
  
     To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence
        [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.
  
     To pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel
        intentionally.
  
     To pick up.
        (a) To take up, as with the fingers.
        (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there;
            as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pick \Pick\, n. [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See Pick, and cf.
     Pike.]
     1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in
        composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
  
     2. (Mining & Mech.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  pick
       n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
            mayor" [syn: choice, selection]
       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" [syn: picking]
       3: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of
          England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: cream]
       4: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: woof,
           weft, filling]
       5: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to
          pluck a stringed instrument [syn: plectrum, plectron]
       6: a thin sharp implement used for picking; "he used a pick to
          clean dirt out of the cracks"
       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" [syn: pickax, pickaxe]
       8: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's
          body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
       9: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
          unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection,
           option]
       v 1: select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her
            successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
       2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
          pluck, cull]
       3: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
          little brother" [syn: blame, find fault]
       4: provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
       5: remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
       6: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
          "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean]
       7: pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
       8: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of
          high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot]
       9: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
          the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk]
       10: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground,
           for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: break up]
       11: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, beak]
       12: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the
           sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she
           just nibbles" [syn: nibble, piece]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο κασμάς
     2 λεπτό εργαλείο για το άνοιγμα κλειδαριάς χωρίς το κλειδί
     3 (ετ μουσική en) το πλήκτρο, η πένα
     4 η επιλογή
     5 είδους χτένα με λίγα μεγάλα δόντια
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 επιλέγω, διαλέγω
     2 συλλέγω, μαζεύω (λουλούδια, φρούτα κλπ.)
     3 (ετ μουσική en) χρησιμοποιώ πλήκτρο για να χτυπήσω χορδή
     4 σκαλίζω (τη μύτη)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     n.
     1 A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
     2 (lb en nautical slang) An anchor.
     3 A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
     4 A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick,
  picklock.
     5 A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled
  hair.
     6 (lb en music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a
  plectrum.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the
  center of a buckler.
     8 A choice; ability to choose.
     vb.
     1 To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
     2 (senseid en harvest) To harvest a fruit or vegetable for
  consumption by remove it from the plant to which it is attached; to
  harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
     3 To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
     4 To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect;
  to bring together.
     5 To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with
  the fingers, or with the teeth.
     6 To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
     7 (lb en transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the
  opportunity arises.
     8 (lb en cricket) 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.
     9 (lb en music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical
  instrument or to play such an instrument.
     10 To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
     11 To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv colloquial) a dick (penis)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Pick
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     n.
     1 A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
     2 (lb en nautical slang) An anchor.
     3 A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
     4 A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick,
  picklock.
     5 A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled
  hair.
     6 (lb en music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a
  plectrum.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the
  center of a buckler.
     8 A choice; ability to choose.
     vb.
     1 To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
     2 (senseid en harvest) To harvest a fruit or vegetable for
  consumption by remove it from the plant to which it is attached; to
  harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
     3 To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
     4 To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect;
  to bring together.
     5 To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with
  the fingers, or with the teeth.
     6 To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
     7 (lb en transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the
  opportunity arises.
     8 (lb en cricket) 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.
     9 (lb en music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical
  instrument or to play such an instrument.
     10 To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
     11 To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Pick
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     n.
     1 A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
     2 (lb en nautical slang) An anchor.
     3 A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
     4 A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick,
  picklock.
     5 A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled
  hair.
     6 (lb en music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a
  plectrum.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the
  center of a buckler.
     8 A choice; ability to choose.
     vb.
     1 To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
     2 (senseid en harvest) To harvest a fruit or vegetable for
  consumption by remove it from the plant to which it is attached; to
  harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
     3 To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
     4 To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect;
  to bring together.
     5 To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with
  the fingers, or with the teeth.
     6 To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
     7 (lb en transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the
  opportunity arises.
     8 (lb en cricket) 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.
     9 (lb en music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical
  instrument or to play such an instrument.
     10 To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
     11 To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv colloquial) a dick (penis)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Pick
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     n.
     1 A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
     2 (lb en nautical slang) An anchor.
     3 A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
     4 A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick,
  picklock.
     5 A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled
  hair.
     6 (lb en music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a
  plectrum.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the
  center of a buckler.
     8 A choice; ability to choose.
     vb.
     1 To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
     2 (senseid en harvest) To harvest a fruit or vegetable for
  consumption by remove it from the plant to which it is attached; to
  harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
     3 To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
     4 To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect;
  to bring together.
     5 To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with
  the fingers, or with the teeth.
     6 To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
     7 (lb en transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the
  opportunity arises.
     8 (lb en cricket) 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.
     9 (lb en music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical
  instrument or to play such an instrument.
     10 To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
     11 To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv colloquial) a dick (penis)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Pick
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     Englanti n.
     1 hakku
     2 valinta
     3 (yhteys musiikki k=en) plektra
     4 tiirikka
     5 kudelanka
     Englanti vb.
     1 noukkia
     2 poimia (marjoja, hedelmiä, sieniä, kukkia)
     3 valita
     4 nyppiä, sorkkia, kaivella
     5 ~ ''a lock''

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pick
     Engelska n.
     1 val
     2 spis
     3 (tagg musik språk=en) plektrum
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg transitivt språk=en) välja
     2 plocka
     3 plundra
     4 dyrka

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  afruk, afskeur, aftrek

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  kies, verkies

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. bymekaarbring, uithaal, versamel
  2. neem, oppik, optel, vat
  3. oplaai

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Pick /pˈɪk/
  الإختيار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. заслон
  basketball: screen
  2. избор
  choice
  3. кирка, търнокоп
  pickaxe

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. избирам
  2. хващам
  to grasp and pull with fingers
  3. бера, късам
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  sbírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  vybrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  sebrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  krumpáč

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  vybírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  vzít

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  očesat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  sklízet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  česat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  trsátko

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  zobat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  zvolit si

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  vybrat si

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  Einschussfaden , Schussfaden , Schuss , Einschlagfaden , Einschlag  [textil.]
     Synonyms: shoot, shot, weft, woof, filling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  Plektrum 
     Synonyms: flatpick, plectrum, plectron
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  Schmutzbuchstabe , Spieß  [print]
     Synonym: black
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  Spitzhacke , Pickel , Picke 
     Synonyms: pickaxe, double-pointed drifting pick
  
   see: picks, pickaxes
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  abpflücken, pflücken, aufpicken 
   see: picking, picked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  aufhauen [Eis]
     Synonym: hew
  
   see: break open sth., breaking open, broken open, chop open sth. with an axe, cut up
  
           Note: ice

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  herausgreifen 
        "pick up a few examples"  - um ein paar Beispiele herauszugreifen
        "The teacher picked me (to answer the question)."  - Der Lehrer hat mich aufgerufen / drangenommen.
   see: picking, picked, picks, picked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  picken, zupfen, rupfen 
   see: picking, picked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
   [coll.] Wahl 
        "Take your pick."  - Such dir etwas aus.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  Haue  [min.]
     Synonyms: adz, hack, bill
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  scheiden  [min.]
     Synonyms: sort, buck, select
  
   see: cop ores
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  sortieren  [min.]
     Synonyms: separate, dress, clean
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  
  μαζεύω, κασμάς, διαλέγω, συλλέγω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. valinta
  choice
  2. harva kampa
  comb with long widely spaced teeth
  3. hakku
  pickaxe
  4. tiirikka
  tool to open a lock

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. valita
  2. lukea
  cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled
  3. tonkia
  to grasp and pull with fingers
  4. poimia
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  pick /pik/
  1. cueillir
  2. piquer
  3. rammasser

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  pick /pˈɪk/ 
  1. चुन लेना
        "She picked up the most beautiful dress."
  2. तोडना
        "He picked the red roses from the plant."
  3. साफ़ करना
        "Please Pick the hair on the floor."
  4. किसी नुकीली वस्तु से ताला खोलना
        "The burglars picked the lock of strong room. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  birati, blokada igrača, bockati, brati, dignuti, izbor, kupiti, odabirati, odabrati, pijuk, probušiti, trgati, uzeti, čačkalica, čačkati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. színe-virága vminek
  2. fogpiszkáló
  3. kiválogatás
  4. vminek a java
  5. vminek a színe-virága
  6. csákány
  7. java vminek

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  memetik, petik
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. rompere, staccare
  2. pungere

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. ottenere
  2. raccogliere
  3. prendere

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  eleggere, scegliere

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  つるはし
  pickaxe

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  摘む
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  pick /pik/
  carpere

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  pick /pık/
  1. kirtiklis, kirstuvas, kaplys
  2. smailiagalis/smailus įrankis, krapštukas, krapštiklis
  3. pa(si)rinkimas, atranka
  4. tai, kas atrinkta, rinktiniai daiktai/dalykai, geriausioji (ko) dalis
  5. (su)rinkti, parinkti, rūšiuoti
  6. rinkti(s), pa(si)rinkti, išsirinkti (through)
  7. pasiimti, nusiimti (off – nuo, from, out of – iš)
  8. rinkti, skinti
  9. (nu)skinti (vaisius, uogas, gėles)
  10. (nu)pešti (vištą)
  11. pešioti, pašyti
  12. krapštyti, rakinėti (dantis ir pan.), timpčioti, sukinėti rankose (at)
  13. knaibyti, knėbčioti, (pa)knibinėti (maistą, at), (šnek.) valgyti
  14. lesti
  15. išlaužti, atrakinti ne raktu (t.p. pick a lock)
  16. gręžti, (pra)kalti
  17. (pra)kirsti, (pra)mušti, pragręžti
  18. vagiliauti (t.p. pick and steal), apvogti, apkraustyti (kišenę)
  19. (šnek.) (pri)kibti, užsipulti (on)
  20. (amer.) liesti (stygas)

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  pick /pik/
  1. afkluiven, knabbelen
  2. afbreken, afrukken, plukken, afplukken, wegscheuren
  3. pikken, priemen, prikken, steken
  4. oprapen, tokkelen

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. valg
  choice
  2. hakke
  pickaxe
  3. dirk
  tool to open a lock

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. velge
  2. pilke
  to grasp and pull with fingers
  3. plukke
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  pick /pɪk/
  I.   1.  wybierać
   2.  [np. kwiaty]  zbierać
   3.  [palcami]  brać
   4.  dłubać (one's nose - w nosie)
   5.  [kłótnię]  zaczynać, wszczynać
   6.  [zamek]  otwierać wytrychem
  II.   1.  siekiera, topór
   2.  take one's pick (take V: PROPOSS :pick)
   - wybierać do woli
   3.  pick one's way across sth (pick V: PROPOSS :way :across)
   - posuwać się ostrożnie przez coś
  III.  pick at /pˈɪk at/   skubać
  IV.  pick on /pˈɪk ˈɒn/  [nieform]   czepiać się
  V.  pick out /pˈɪk ˈaʊt/  1.  rozpoznawać
   2.  wybierać
  VI.  pick up /pˈɪk ˈʌp/  1.  podnosić
   2.  [samochodem]  zabierać
   3.  [o policji]  zgarniać, zabierać
   4.  [język obcy, program]  łapać
   5.  [nieform]  [np. kobietę]  podrywać
   6.  [o gospodarce]  poprawiać się
   7.  [prędkości]  nabierać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  pick /pik/
  1. arrancar, colher, tirar
  2. aferroar, picar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  pick /pik/
  1. arrancar, cortar
  2. picar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  pick /pikaut/
  elegir, escoger

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  pick /pikʌp/
  1. buscar, coger, irpor
  2. recoger
  3. tomar
  4. irabuscara

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  hacka
  pickaxe

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  pick //pɪk// /[pʰɪk]/ 
  1. välja
  2. plocka 2.
  to remove a fruit or plant for consumption
   3.
  to grasp and pull with fingers

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. kazma
  2. kürdan
  3. mızrap
  4. seçme hakkı veya fırsatı
  5. elle toplanan meyva miktarı
  6. ucu sivri bir şey ile, dürtme.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  pick /pˈɪk/
  1. seçmek
  2. delmek, delik açmak
  3. kazmak
  4. yolmak, koparıp toplamak
  5. çıkartmak
  6. azar azar yemek
  7. aşırmak, çalmak
  8. anahtarsız açmak (kilit)
  9. gagalamak
  10. (müz.) telli çalgıları parmaklarla çalmak. pick a fight kavga etmek. pick and choose istedigi gibi seçmek. pick at ile oynamak
  11. iştahsızca yemek
  12. (A.B.D.), (k. dili) dır dır etmek. pick off koparmak
  13. birer birer vurup düşürmek (tabanca ile) pick on seçmek
  14. (k. dili) durmadan kusur bulup azarlamak, dır dır etmek. pick one' way engelleri yenerek kendine yol açmak. pick out seçmek, ayırmak
  15. (müz.) ağır ağır nota çıkarmaya çalısmak. pick over ayıklamak. pick to pieces çekiştirmek
  16. çürütmek (sav) pick up kaldırmak, toplamak
  17. devşirmek
  18. rasgele bulmak
  19. pratik olarak öğrenmek, kulaktan öğrenmek (dil)
  20. almak
  21. toplanmak
  22. (k. dili) iyileşmek
  23. ilerlemek, gelişmek
  24. hızlanmak. a bone to pick paylaşılacak koz.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  327 Moby Thesaurus words for "pick":
     abuse, accelerate, accost, accumulate, acquire, adz, aggravate,
     alternativity, amass, annoy, apprehend, arrest, assemble, ax,
     badger, bait, be at, beak, become acquainted with, bedevil, beset,
     best, bother, bread knife, bring in, bring together, bristle,
     browbeat, brown off, brush, bug, bully, bullyrag, bunt, burn up,
     bushwhacker, bust, butcher knife, buy, call for, carp at,
     carving knife, catch, champion, chaser, chisel, chivy, choice,
     choose, choose out, choosing, chosen, chuck, clean up, cleaver,
     clipper, clippers, co-optation, co-option, collar, collect,
     come by, come down with, contract, cream, criticize, crop,
     crop herbs, cull, cut, dab, dagger, decide between, decision,
     devil, dig, dig up, discern, discompose, discriminate, distemper,
     distinguish, disturb, dog, elect, election, elite, exasperate,
     excerpt, exclusive, exercise, extract, fash, fat, filling, fillip,
     find, first choice, flick, flip, flirt, flower, foment,
     free choice, free will, fret at, fuss at, gain, garner, gather,
     gather in, get, get better, get hold of, get in, get together,
     glean, go to get, gouge, grabble, graze, gripe, grub, grub up,
     hack, handpick, harass, harry, harvest, hassle, hatchet, hay,
     heckle, hector, heft, henpeck, hoe, hoist, hound, hunting knife,
     improve, incite, increase, initiate, intimidate, irk, irritate,
     jackknife, jest, kill, knife, lance, lancet, learn, letter-opener,
     lift up, machete, make a comeback, make a selection, make headway,
     make out, make progress, mark, master, mattock, meet, miff, molest,
     mow, nab, nag, nag at, neaten, needle, nettle, nibble, nibble at,
     nick, niggle, nippers, nonesuch, nonpareil, nosh, nudzh, nut,
     obtain, opt for, optimum, option, paper cutter, paper knife,
     paragon, paring knife, pat, peck, peck at, peeve, penknife,
     perk up, persecute, pester, pick and choose, pick at, pick off,
     pick on, pick out, pick up, pickax, picked, pinch, pique, plague,
     plectron, plectrum, plowshare, pluck, pluck the beard, plunk,
     pother, prefer, preference, preoption, pride, prime, prize,
     provoke, pull in, purchase, queen, quintessence, raise up, rake up,
     rally, rap, razor, razor blade, reap, reap and carry, recognize,
     recoup, recover, ride, rile, roil, round up, ruffle, run in,
     saw knife, sax, scalpel, scare up, scissors, scoop,
     scrape together, scrape up, scraper, screen out, scuffle hoe,
     scythe, select, selected, selection, separate, settle on,
     settle upon, share, shears, sheath knife, shoot, shoot down,
     sickle, sidecutters, sift, sift out, single out, snack, snap,
     snips, sort out, spear, speed up, spokeshave, start, stir up,
     straighten out, straighten up, strum, superlative, surgical knife,
     sweep the strings, sword, table knife, take, take in,
     take into custody, take up, tap, taunt, tease, tell apart,
     the best, the best ever, the pick, the tops, the very best, thrum,
     tickle, tidy up, tip, top, torment, touch, try the patience, twang,
     tweak the nose, vex, volition, warp, wedge, weft, whisk, will,
     winnow, woof, work up, worry, yap at
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 精选,鹤嘴锄;
  v. 摘,挑选,挑惕;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Pick
     n. 精选,选择,掘,鹤嘴锄
     vt. 摘,掘,凿,挖,挑选,挑剔
     vi. 摘,掘,凿,挖

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