To provoke
To choose
To move with care, as if picking one's way
To gather
An act of picking something up
To acquire, as a habit or a trick
To become happier or more cheerful
To eat
To make small, slow progress
To move along carefully, picking one's way
Learn or acquire ( something ) in a casual way, without effort or intention of acquiring it systematically
To remove unwanted items from something
To move slowly and carefully, selecting the best route
To gather
To collect things, especially wood for fuel, by picking them up as one goes along
Remove something by picking at it, especially with the fingers or a sharp implement
To notice
To remove something from a plant or other source
To take up
To pick up
Strip the bones from ( meat or fish ) before cooking it
To take hold of
To lift a pig
To take up
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points
To distinguish
To separate something desirable from a group or mass
To play the guitar or banjo
The act of harvesting a plant, fruit, or vegetable for consumption or sale
To gather
Remove something from ( a plant ), typically by pinching or twisting it off sharply between finger and thumb, especially when harvesting fruit or vegetables for eating
Select something carefully from a large quantity for a particular purpose or effect
To take up or collect, especially with care or effort
Remove something from a surface by using a sharp point or hook
To collect
To remove something by pulling at it repeatedly, or with a sharp point
To move carefully, selecting the best route
To strip the bark from a tree
Remove the bark from ( a tree ) by pulling at its branches
To acquire
To take up
To become contracted
To play picquet
Select carefully from a group or list, especially in order to form a team or group of some kind or to go somewhere or do something together
To select
( of a bird ) search for food on the ground with its beak
To gather
Take hold of
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers
To peck
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers
To select carefully
Attack or rob someone, especially when they are vulnerable or unprepared for a fight
To take up
To take up
To take up
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
To select
Pluck ( a flower or other small plant ) from the ground
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 something unwanted from the surface of something else
Gather ( fruit or flowers ) for use or sale, especially by hand rather than by machine
To take up
To gather or harvest fruits or vegetables for consumption
To take up
To separate or isolate ( someone ), for example by criticism or disagreement
To raise or lift, as with mechanical help, or by a lever, or with effort, as by pulling or pushing
Eat ( food ) with the fingers or a pick
To take up
Steal something, especially money, from ( a person or place )
Take hold of and lift ( someone ) up with one's hands or a implement such as a pitchfork
To take up
Lift or carry ( someone or something ) up from a lying or sitting position, typically in order to put them in a vehicle or building
Gather ( fruit or vegetables ) for eating or cooking
To take hold of
Take up
To examine and sort
To take up
Harvest ( fruit or vegetables ) when they are small and tender by twisting off or cutting them from the plant
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers
To gather
To place
To steal something, especially a fruit or vegetable from a garden or orchard
Take something up and examine or use it, typically by bending down and grasping it with the fingers and thumb
To take on board
To lift ( something ) as one would pick fruit
To select or choose with care
To pluck flowers or fruit for a bouquet or for eating
Attack or criticize ( someone ) in a hostile and overbearing way
To select or choose
To shoot
Remove unwanted parts from ( food ) before cooking it, for example by removing feathers from poultry or bones from meat
To take up
Strip or remove something by pinching or pulling at it with the fingers or a sharp implement, or with the beak, talons, etc
Harvest ( fruit or vegetables ) by pulling them off the tree or bush by hand
Pierce or strike with a pointed weapon or object, or with one's fingers or nails
To pluck or pull apart food, or other small items
To select or choose
Move carefully, as if picking one's way through something thorny or tricky
To recognize, to identify
Select something, typically with a view to purchasing it or using it for a particular purpose
To rob or steal from
To take into custody
The act of harvesting a crop, especially by hand
Select carefully or with care
Harvest ( vegetables or fruit ) from a garden or orchard
To make fun of
Take hold of
Select or take
To support
Take hold of ( something ) and lift it up
To take hold of and lift
Select carefully or with difficulty
To single out, or select from a number
To seize with the fingers
Select or designate ( someone ) as being suitable for a particular role or activity, or as a particular type of person
To select or choose
Clean ( something, especially one's nose ) by using one's fingers to remove unwanted matter from it or it from one's teeth or fingernails
The act of choosing or selecting
The act of selecting, or choosing
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 hold of
To take up
Find or recover ( something hidden or lost ) by searching carefully and methodically
Used to express the source of something, as though one were lifting something up and examining it
To form or shape something with a sharp point or points
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 activate a computer program or process
To become aware of
To take hold of
Take hold of and lift ( something ) with a jerk or sudden movement, especially with one's fingers or fingernails when wet or greasy
Take hold of and lift ( something ), especially with the fingers or a tool
Choose ( the best or most suitable option ) from a number of possibilities or alternatives
Take hold of
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 play a card that has a higher rank than the one currently showing
To select something
To take up
Select from a group
Quickly or casually take hold of and lift ( something )
To remove something that has been stuck to something else
To single out for ill-treatment, as if at random
To move something with a pitchfork
Detect or discern something with difficulty or accuracy
To take something or somebody with or as if with a pickaxe
To resume or continue
To select, or take out, from a body of text, certain words or passages for response in a traffic accident or other emergency situation
Be designed to receive ( light, sound, or other energy ) in a particular way
Lift ( someone ) up with difficulty, as with a hoist or a lift
Walk slowly, carefully, or with difficulty, especially by avoiding obstacles and with one's eyes fixed on the ground or on something else to be avoided or negotiated
To transport ( troops, etc
To make a mistake and not get a bird
To take up, as of a substance with a absorbent material
Take hold of
To seize and carry away
Notice or select ( someone or something ) as being particularly good or suitable of a group of similar ones
To take or collect ( something or someone )
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, select
To capture or apprehend
To select or choose
To learn
Gather or pluck ( fruit or vegetables ) for cooking or eating, typically by pulling them from a bush or tree with the fingers or a hooked implement
Pick up ( something ) and move it to a different position or place
Choose ( someone or something ) as the best or most suitable of two or more alternatives or candidates
Take hold of and lift ( something ) up with one's fingers or fingernails, especially with difficulty or care
Take hold of something and lift it up, as with the hands or a tool
To take up
Take hold of ( something ) and lift it up
To arrest
Used to emphasize the importance of an action or characteristic
Used as a euphemism for male sexual intercourse
To intercept a pass
To take up
Call for ( someone ) in a vehicle so as to give them a lift
To provoke or initiate
Take up or collect something from a surface or from the ground, typically with the hands or a tool
Follow ( a scent or track ) by its odour or by the marks left behind
Arrest ( someone ) for a crime
To select something
To play the pickaxe on
Harvest ( fruit or flowers ) for use or sale, especially by hand rather than by machine
To transport in a vehicle
Fiddle with something in an attempt to remove an unwanted particle or thread, or to examine it closely
To grasp
To choose
To make a selection
To select or choose
To engage in sexual intercourse with
Take up ( something, especially a prize or award ) as a winner or recipient
Get or earn on the sly or by means of deceitful dealings
