pick
pick Lexical Profile
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• verb
To choose or select someone or something from a group.
"The coach will pick the starting lineup before tomorrow's game."
To detach and remove a flower, fruit, or vegetable from where it is growing.
"We spent the afternoon picking fresh strawberries at the local farm."
To repeatedly pull at or touch something with one's fingers.
"He nervously began to pick at the loose thread on his sweater."
• noun
An act or right of selecting something from a group, or the specific thing or person that is selected.
"We were given the first pick of the available puppies."
A small, thin piece of plastic, metal, or wood used for plucking the strings of a musical instrument.
"She dropped her guitar pick inside the acoustic soundhole and struggled to get it out."
A tool with a heavy curved metal head with one or both ends pointed, mounted on a wooden handle, used for breaking up soil or rock.
"The miner swung his pick into the hard rock wall of the tunnel."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'piken', related to Old English 'pīcian' (to prick) and Old French 'piquer' (to pierce), with senses evolving from piercing to plucking and eventually choosing.
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