Definitions For Pick

noun

• The act of choosing or selecting
• A basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
• A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
• A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
• A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
• The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
• The person or thing chosen or selected
• The best people or things in a group
• The quantity of a crop that is harvested

verb

• Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
• Remove in small bits
• Select carefully from a group
• Harass with constant criticism
• Eat intermittently; take small bites of
• Hit lightly with a picking motion
• Look for and gather
• Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
• Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
• Provoke
• Pay for something
• Pilfer or rob