Picked

Picked
Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

As high as I could pick my lance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. [1913 Webster]

3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. [1913 Webster]

4. To open (a lock) as by a wire. [1913 Webster]

5. 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. [1913 Webster]

6. 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. [1913 Webster]

Did you pick Master Slender's purse? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

7. 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. ``One man picked out of ten thousand.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

8. 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. [1913 Webster]

9. To trim. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

{To pick at}, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.

{To pick a bone with}. See under {Bone}.

{To pick a thank}, to curry favor. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia).

{To pick off}. (a) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy.

{To pick out}. (a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b) To select from a number or quantity.

{To pick to pieces}, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.

{To pick a quarrel}, to give occasion of quarrel intentionally.

{To pick up}. (a) To take up, as with the fingers. (b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news. [1913 Webster]


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  • Picked — Pick ed, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. Picked and polished. Chapman. [1913 Webster] Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster] 3. Carefully… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • picked — [pıkt] adj [only before noun] picked people have been specially chosen because they are very suitable for a particular job →↑handpicked …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • picked — picked1 [pikt] adj. [< PICK3] 1. selected with care [picked men] 2. gathered from plants rather than from the ground, as berries picked2 [pik′id, pikt] adj. [ME < PICK …   English World dictionary

  • picked — index preferable, select Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • picked — *select, elect, exclusive …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • picked — picked1 /pikt/, adj. 1. specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill: a crew of picked men. 2. cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: picked fruit. [1300 50; ME; see PICK1, ED2] picked2 /pik id, pikt/, adj. Chiefly Dial. having or… …   Universalium

  • picked — [[t]pɪkt[/t]] adj. 1) specially selected: a crew of picked men[/ex] 2) cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: picked fruit[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • picked — adjective (only before noun) chosen as being very suitable for a particular job or purpose: The assault group consisted of six picked men. see also: handpicked …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • picked — /pɪkt/ (say pikt) adjective 1. specially chosen or selected: a crew of picked workers. 2. cleared or cleaned, as of refuse parts, by picking. {pick1 (verb) + ed2} …  

  • Picked dogfish — Picked Pick ed, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. Picked and polished. Chapman. [1913 Webster] Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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