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The Meaning of pick
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(v.) To throw; to pitch.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
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(v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) 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.
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(v.) To trim.
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(v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
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(v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
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(v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
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(n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
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(n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
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(n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
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(n.) 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.
Homophones
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Rhymes
afflik
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arithmetic
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bailiwick
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bic
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bick
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blick
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bolshevik
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bric
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brick
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broomstick
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bryk
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candlestick
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chick
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chopstick
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click
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crick
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cwik
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dic
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dick
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dipstick
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dyk
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dzik
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fenwick
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fick
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ficke
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firebrick
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flick
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frick
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fricke
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gick
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glick
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handpick
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hick
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homesick
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impolitic
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joystick
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kick
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knick
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krick
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kubrick
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kwik
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lick
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lipstick
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lunatic
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mc
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mic
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mick
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micke
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nic
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nick
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nightstick
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nik
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nonstick
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ostpolitik
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pic
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pickwick
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picnic
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pik
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politic
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prick
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quick
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quik
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realpolitik
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ric
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rick
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ricke
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rilke
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schick
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schlick
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schrick
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schtick
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seasick
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shick
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shtick
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sic
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sick
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sidekick
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slapstick
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slick
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smick
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snick
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spic
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spick
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stick
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strick
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swick
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thick
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tic
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tick
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toothpick
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trick
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vandyck
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vanwyck
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vanwyk
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vic
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vick
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vik
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wick
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wik
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wrick
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wyk
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yardstick
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zick
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zwick