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pick

noun
  1. the act of choosing or selecting
    selection
  2. a basketball maneuver
    switchgive-and-go
  3. 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”
    pickaxpickaxe
  4. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
    “I used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks.”
  5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
    plectrum
  6. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    fillingwoofweft
  7. the person or thing chosen or selected
    “The baker was my pick for mayor.”
    selection
  8. the best people or things in a group
    cream
  9. the quantity of a crop that is harvested
    “I sent the first pick of berries to the market.”
    picking
verb
  1. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
    clean
  2. remove in small bits
    “pick meat from a bone”
  3. select carefully from a group
    “I finally picked my successor.”
  4. harass with constant criticism
    “Don't always pick on your little brother”
    find fault
  5. eat intermittently
    nibblepiece
  6. hit lightly with a picking motion
    beakpeck
  7. look for and gather
    “pick mushrooms”
    pluck
  8. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    break up
  9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
    pluck
  10. provoke
    “pick a fight or a quarrel”
  11. pay for something
    “pick up the tab”
    foot
  12. pilfer or rob
    “pick pockets”