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Sounds | pih'k |
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Rhymes | academic, acerbic, acetic, and 708 more rhymes in ihk at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The person or thing chosen or selected. |
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Examples | "he was my pick for mayor" |
Synonyms | choice, selection |
Narrower | pleasure; favorite, favourite; way |
Broader | decision making, deciding |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | The quantity of a crop that is harvested. |
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Examples | "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" |
Synonyms | picking |
Broader | output, yield, production |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | The best people or things in a group. |
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Synonyms | cream |
Broader | elite, elite group |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
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Synonyms | woof, weft, filling |
Part of | weave |
Broader | thread, yarn |
Substance of | fabric, cloth, material, textile |
Meaning | A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument. |
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Synonyms | plectrum, plectron |
Narrower | guitar pick |
Broader | device |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | A thin sharp implement used for picking. |
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Examples | "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks" |
Narrower | icepick, ice pick; toothpick |
Broader | hand tool |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends. |
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Examples | "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" |
Synonyms | pickax, pickaxe |
Narrower | mattock |
Broader | edge tool |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | A basketball maneuver. Obstructing an opponent with one's body. |
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Examples | "he was called for setting an illegal pick" |
Broader | basketball play |
Meaning | The act of choosing or selecting. |
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Examples | "you can take your pick" |
Synonyms | choice, selection, option |
Narrower | casting; coloration, colouration; sampling; decision, determination, conclusion; volition, willing; election; vote, ballot, voting, balloting |
Broader | action |
Verbs | pick |
Meaning | Select carefully from a group. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully" |
Narrower | hand-pick |
Broader | choose, take, select, pick out |
Nouns | picker; pick; pick; pick |
Meaning | Look for and gather. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" |
Synonyms | pluck, cull |
Narrower | mushroom; berry |
Broader | gather, garner, collect, pull together |
See also | pick over; pick up; pick up; pick up; pick off; pick up |
Nouns | picking; pick; picker |
Meaning | Harass with constant criticism. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Don't always pick on your little brother" |
Synonyms | blame, find fault |
Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart |
Meaning | Provoke. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pick a fight or a quarrel" |
Broader | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up |
Meaning | Remove in small bits. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "pick meat from a bone" |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Nouns | pick |
Meaning | Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | clean |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
Meaning | Pilfer or rob. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "pick pockets" |
Broader | rob |
Nouns | pickings |
Meaning | Pay for something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" |
Synonyms | foot |
Broader | pay |
Meaning | Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | pluck, plunk |
Narrower | twang |
Broader | pull, draw, force |
Nouns | pick |
Meaning | Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Pick open the ice" |
Synonyms | break up |
Entails | chop, hack |
Broader | pierce |
Nouns | pick |
Meaning | Hit lightly with a picking motion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | peck, beak |
Broader | strike |
Meaning | Eat intermittently. Take small bites of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | nibble, piece |
Broader | eat |