1. pick - Noun
2. pick - Verb
4. Pick - Proper noun
To throw; to pitch.
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.
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To trim.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
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.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
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.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
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: Webster's dictionaryIf you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Winston Churchill
You can't pick up two melons with one hand. Persian Proverb
It's better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors. Hindi Proverb
Let everyone pick his own nose. Russian Proverb