To provoke or cause ( a fight or argument ). See also pick a fight
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Mr. A. C. Hobbs, of the lock-making concern of Day &; Newell, has improved his leisure here in "picking" a six-tumbler Bank Lock of Mr. Chubb, the great English locksmith, and he now gives notice that he will open it on the 21st instant, at the head-centre of his extensive establishment, No
To make one's way with difficulty, by feeling for holds with one's hands
To move ( something ) with the fingers or fingernails, especially to pluck or pull apart
An act of picking something up
To acquire ( something ), especially as a result of theft or misdeed
To lift up
To peck
To improve one's mood, appearance, or behavior
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: that humble piece of domesticity, an onion, - we are obliged to search as if for the proverbial needle; to dive into family records, dim with the dust of time, or useless from the suspicious coloring of pride or affection; to call upon the East and the West, - ay, and the North and the South, - pick out the individual, and bring him back to our remembrance
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: The science of government, and even history, which forms its natural complement, are nearly overlooked in the usual routine of collegiate and professional studies; and most of our statesmen e * iter the halls of Congress and of the state legislatures, unprovided with any other notions on the subject than those picked up by chance
To remove unwanted items from a list or from a group of people
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: And with this resolve he at once repaired to the carriage, in which he took a seat with the three gentlemen of the committee, leaving me to "pick" my way as best I could, and drove away for the hotel, (followed at a respectful distance by the loitering footman, ) and I trust our readers will allow that I made a very "pick" of a fellow to fill my place in that gallant cavalcade
Pluck ( fruit or flowers ) for eating or decoration
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: " I should have to run away if I did, for mother wants me to "pick" up wood, and father wants me to do every thing; but I would not mind running away, for they are no parents to me, and I've no need to be a son to them
Remove something for inspection, especially gold or diamonds from ore
Notice or select ( someone or something ) for a particular purpose or with a particular quality or feature in mind
To remove something from a plant or other source
To sort and inspect a large quantity of something, such as coal or ore, for quality and purity
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Just as she was entering the proch of the inn, under the shadow of which her parents -- for such they seemed to be -- had already disappeared, one of the men in scarlet livery, who had arrived before the carriage, stooped suddenly to the ground as if to pick something up, and she saw that it was the old man himself
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: In closing these remarks, I beg leave to caution those unacquainted with the management of fruit of the great importance of handling it, when gathered, in a careful manner; for certain it is, that in many cases quantities of fruit, intended to be kept for a length of time, have been much injured, and in pickings the fruit has been damaged
Take hold of
To lift a pig
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: A little flock of these titmice came daily to "pick" a dinner out of my woodpile, or the crumbs at my door, with faint flitting lisping notes, like the tinkling of icicles in the grass, or else with sprightly day day day, as if they sang, `` Here we are, here we are! '' and showed off their white wing-bars and their crest, and their black bib and gorget, and their yellow cap, and white cheek, and black eye, and pinched tail
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: They "pick" the wool, and card tow, and wind quills, and knit stockins and mittins for the fokes in the house; and I've brought some down with me to day, to see if they'll buy'em to the marchants'shops
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Lamato That were nothing, we buy disguises for ourselves when we have reached the place, that no eye howe'er so well knowing our forms, could "pick" a mark or point, whereby they might ken us; then will it be shorter to fetch Elvira by a mile, and safer for her and for us
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Arista smiles, as from afar he surveys the effect of his fire: for every discharge flings a shower of blood into the faces of living men, and from the solid ranks, "picks" out brave forms and crushes them into the grave, dug by the cannon's mouth
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: My flesh is fairly sore, and I tremble all over, every day, and Sambo's allers a jawin'at me,'cause I doesn't "pick" faster; and nights it's most midnight'fore I can get my supper; and den'pe I lay and cry, and can't sleep, and my head's all over, and my heart aching, and I'm all over nerves, and can't sholy sleep, and Sambo's allers a scoldin'me, and Swegum's allers a laughin'; and I don't know what I'm to do
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Here are innumerable lakes, with which the whole landscape is gemmed, generally skirted with fine forest growths, and so clear that a late traveler in his enthusiasm says, that in looking into them one can see through to the other side of the globe and view the pick of the next range of hills
To select or choose
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: I wouldn't pretend to say it's equal to some land I've hearn tell of away off in Ohio, where the corn grows so tall they have to go up on a ladder to "pick" the ears off; and where a boy fell into the hole that his father was diggin'and was drownded
To select something
To take up
To remove something with a sharp point or with a mechanical device such as a pickaxe
To collect
To remove something by pulling at it with one's fingers
To move carefully, selecting the best route
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: From the difficulty of finding employments that can be practised at all in the solitary cell, 697 convicts at Philadelphia, or one third of the whole number that had been imprisoned there under the separate system down to the close of 1845, were kept at work only at picking and cleaning of cotton, and at making of mats and bed-furniture, which they were able to accomplish with their own hands and a little mechanical aid, while the greater part of the time they were locked up in their cells, without any occupation at all
To remove the bark from a tree, or from a log or stump
To lift up
To take up
To harvest fruits or vegetables from a tree, bush etc
To lift up one's skirts as if to show one's underwear
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: all the whites, exeept some of the most beautiful women, whom they intended to keep as wives; said that these white men had told them that they might do so, and that he had already "picked" out one for himself; and that he and his wife had agreed to take care of her
To select
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Still the painter persisted in his story, and assur- /z/ ed them that he then saw the figures of several of their mutual friends passing on the roof over his bed; and that he even saw fowls "picking", and the very stones of the street "picking" and "pecking" themselves
To select
Find or collect ( something ) with care or effort, typically from a surface or substance such as a road or carpet
To pull apart or off
To peck
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers
To select carefully, with a view to forming a choice collection or group
To rescue or retrieve ( someone or something ) from a place that is hard to reach
Take or remove someone from ( a place or situation ) with difficulty or force, especially when they are reluctant to leave or be removed
To gather, collect
To gather
To choose
Remove unwanted items from ( something ) in a careful or methodical way so as to leave it in a better condition or to obtain something from it of a specified kind or quality
To take up
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: His small head, his transparent, pink nostrils, his slender fetlocks as neat as a lady's ankle, his dainty footfall, as his deerlike hoofs "picked" out the smoothest way for his mistress, were all characteristics of the Arabian race, from which he was no doubt descended
To pull or pluck ( something ) from a surface
To steal, especially something of small value
To encounter casually
Take hold of and lift ( something ) up with one's fingers or fingernails
To remove unwanted parts of a vegetable or fruit, such as the stems and leaves of a lettuce
To gather
To take up
To pull apart or away, especially flowers or fruits
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: She read them hurriedly, "picked" them up, put them down, gazed on the manly brow of Bradshaw, so calm in sleep, the eye closed like a weapon sheathed, and quickly replacing the paper with scrupulous exactness, but with a certain clumsiness, the young woman went up to the head of the bed and looked down at the man
To separate or isolate
To lift or raise ( something ) up
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: It was on the Big Plains, where not a tree nor shrub may be seen for miles around; where ambuscades are unknown, and it is very hard to steal a march upon the timid birds which are frightened at a very shadow; only they do not fear the fowlers so much as they do the native pickers, who are far more to be dreaded, for they are very cunning and sly
To take up
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: every night, as a nominal protection against chilblains and rheumatism: while the door of the closet was carefully fastened and secured within, from a fear which the occupant somehow or other encouraged, that he should be roused some unlucky morning with a heavy hand upon his shoulder, or a sharp pick in his flesh
To lift or take up
To take up
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: To return to the house, rouse the servants in the kitchen, get lights and survey the premises, consumed some time; and, in the meanwhile, the wounded robber made a desperate effort to crawl off; he had crept down the steps into the yard, but had fainted on the pick
Gather ( fruit or vegetables ) for eating or cooking
To take up, to gather, to collect
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: So I want you to go to work as soon as you get this, and "pick" up my letters, and begin to print'em in a book; and I'll set down and write a history of my life to put into it, and send it along as fast as I can
To examine and sort
To lift or carry a pig, as from a pen into a truck
To remove something that has been picked
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers
To gather
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: It wa'n't to be, hows'mver, that the old man shouldn't get int'a scrape; for what's the feller with the bow and arr do, after consideren and smellen a smart and long spell, but "pick" up the whole stool, and then fling it over the shanty, with the clodded 'baccy? 'T was the pick of the bunch, and the old man knew it, and so did the others
To take or gather ( something ). See also pick out
Take something up and examine or use it, typically by bending down and grasping it with the fingers and thumb
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: now and then such unaccountable odds and ends of strange nations come up from the unknown nooks and ash-holes of the earth to man these floating outlaws of whalers; and the ships themselves often "pick" up such queer castaway creatures found tossing about the open sea on the high and mighty waves
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Thus they advanced, now at a foot's pace, "picking" their ground where the soil was softest and the prairie grass longest, that so the sound of their horses'feet might be deadened -- with their reins well in hand, their broadswords at their belts, and their eyes fixed on the spot where the body lay
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Arthur Blague is a sensible young man, and he has feelings; and because he thinks he's called upon to help a poor outeast girl, that hasn't any friends, and is a suspicious character, and wants to take her away from temptations, and give her a chance to pick herself up a bit, he marries her
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: She turned around, and saw that he had "picked" for her the very rose that she had admired so much, and as she took it from him, he whispered, " I hope you don't think that I meant to hurt you this noon, when I threw that stone at you
( of a hawk ) swoop down on ( prey ) with the talons
To remove unwanted small objects from ( fruit, vegetables, meat, etc
To fire at a target with a shotgun at close range, typically in order to wound or kill it
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: The most usual way of preparing salt cod for eating when it comes to table, is (after "picking" out all the bones) to mince it fine on your plate, and mix it with mashed potato, parsnip, and egg-sauce; seasoning it to taste with pepper, salt, and lemon-juice
Collect something by carefully plucking it from a surface or mass
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: On the contrary, the word of God declares, " The eye that mocketh at his father, and scorneth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall "pick" it out, and the young eagles shall eat it; " meaning that God will visit such a person with ravens to pick him out, and with young eagles to eat him up
Harvest ( fruit or vegetables ) for cooking or eating
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: I never was so much surprised in all the fighting I have seen, knowing, too, that the Americans generally shoot well, as I was to see this army of several hundreds retreating, without showing fight, and passing immediately through their encampment, I did think they intended to pick me off
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: Tucking her hair behind her ears, she squatted down next to her toddler -- who was now "picking" up our Cheerios one by one, too -- took a gander at me, sitting next to my ten-monthold, and said, " When are you due? '' in a tone that suggested she 'd asked about a thousand times already
To select or choose
Walk slowly, carefully, or with difficulty, especially through dense vegetation or over rough ground
To recognize, to identify
Slowly and carefully select something, especially something to be worn or eaten, from a larger choice or quantity
To rob or steal from
To take into custody
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: However, most "picking" is still done by hand, itinerant gangs moving from one district to another as the different crops ripen; Footnote | (4) it employs scientific aids, e.g. in pest control and scientific research; (5) it is assisted by machines, e.g
To select or choose
To harvest a crop by pulling apart the plants
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: You could "pick" on Christie for trying too hard, you could note the moment when Mr. Thorn said, " Fuck it, " took off his tuxedo jacket, and started doing body shots with the bridesmaids, but you didn't pick on the groom's looks, you didn't make fun of the way he smiled, you didn't make any noise when he got choked up during his speech
Take hold of
Choose carefully from a number of alternatives
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: angry crowds, wheeling vehicles -- then suddenly it hits us again, from a different direction maybe, knocks our feet out from under us, she's down and hurt, skirt up around her waist, I "pick" her up, plunge forward'through the driving spray, low and fast, under the arms, low and fast, over the shoulder, quick, quick, into the boat, up, out, in, over, done
Take hold of ( something ) and lift it up
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: I "picked" up the roll of toilet paper and tore some off, and out of nervousness started playing with it as Miss Marion was steady talking -- mainly about how much money her mama had spent on her education and now she can't even find an acting job off-Broadway
Select or choose carefully or with difficulty
Single out ( someone or something ) from a group for special treatment or attention, especially in order to attack or rob them
Walk quickly with short steps and the head down
Select or designate ( someone ) as being suitable for a particular role or activity, or as a particular type of person
To choose up
To pluck or pull apart with the fingers
The act of choosing or selecting
The act of choosing or selecting
Take hold of and lift ( something ) with one's fingers or fingernails
Choose ( a time, place, or other detail ) for a specific purpose or effect
Take up or collect ( something ), especially with some difficulty or effort involved
To take an object and hold it in the hand for use, for example to examine it, use it, show it to someone, etc
Find up ( something )
Used to express the source of something, as though one were lifting something up and examining it
To remove ice from a drink
Pluck or pull something, especially a flower or vegetable, from a surface or from a body of water with a hook, rod, or the fingers
Take up or select ( something ) and use it or act with it as if it were a tool or weapon, especially in a specified way or for a specified purpose
To notice
Take up or grasp ( something ) with the fingers or a implement, especially in order to use or examine it or to put it in a specified place or position
Take hold of and lift ( something ) with a jerk or sudden movement, especially with one's fingers or fingernails when wet or greasy
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails
Choose ( the best or most suitable option ) from a number of possibilities or alternatives
Take hold of and lift ( something ) up with one's fingers or a mechanical device, especially carefully or with great effort
To increase ( as in intensity or speed ). See also pick up
Pay for ( something ) or cover the cost of ( something ) with no or only a small contribution from someone else
Take hold of
To take or lift up
To select something from a group
To select something from a group for a specific purpose
Select something from a group for special treatment or use, typically using a pointed instrument or one's fingers
Quickly or casually take hold of and lift ( something )
Move ( something ) with difficulty, especially by grasping and lifting it with one's fingers or fingernails
To single out for attack or harassment
To move something, especially a drug shipment, into a new location
Detect or point out ( something ) with difficulty or effort
To lift something up
To resume an activity after a pause
To select, choose, or pick out something
Be designed to receive ( light, sound, or other energy ) in a particular way
Lift or carry ( someone ) with difficulty or effort
Walk slowly and carefully, selecting the best places to put one's feet as one goes along
To take up or away
To detect or observe something
To take up, as of a substance with a absorbent material
Take hold of ( something ) and lift or move it, especially with the fingers or thumb
To seize and carry off, as a hawk does its prey
Abduct
To fetch, retrieve or collect
Take hold of ( something ) and lift it up with one's fingers or fingernails
To gain or win
Remove something unpleasant or unwanted from ( a surface or substance ) with a pointed or sharp implement or with one's fingers or toes
To choose
To capture or apprehend
To select or choose
To develop a habit or skill, over time, through repeated practice
Remove unwanted parts of ( an animal carcass ) before cooking it
Pick up ( something ) and move it to a different position or place
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: George Clooney's conventional direction of his script for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, the painfully shy Kaufman (who until last month's appearance on The Charlie Rose Show didn't show his face in the media) is going to write a new script, "pick" his own spots and make his own Confessions
Take hold of and lift ( something ) with one's fingers or fingernails
To take hold of
To take up
Take hold of ( something ) and lift it up
To select or choose
Used to emphasize the importance of an action or characteristic
Used as a euphemism for male sexual intercourse
To recover a fumble
To take up
( of a man ) call for ( a woman ) socially or as a date
To provoke or initiate ( a fight or argument ). See also pick a fight
To take up or collect something
Follow ( a scent or track ) by its odour or by the marks left behind
To detect or apprehend, especially by the police
To detect or recognize something as being of a certain type
To play the pickaxe on
Harvest ( fruit or flowers ) for use or sale, especially by hand rather than by machine
To fetch or collect ( someone ) with a vehicle
To fuss over petty details
To take up
To select or choose
Take ( something ) up in one's hands or with one's fingers, especially in order to examine or use it or to play a musical instrument or a game
Carry or fetch ( someone ) on a horse or in a vehicle, typically with the assistance of a harness or saddle
To engage in sexual intercourse with
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "pick" in the following sentence: I steered him toward the main door again, but he bent down and picked up the mail and handed it to me; in our haste to prepare for the party, no one had been to the mail slot at the front lobby door all day; no one had "picked" the mail
To earn, gain, win, or acquire
