Noun

• S: (n) choice, pick, selection (the person or thing chosen or selected) "he was my pick for mayor"
• S: (n) picking, pick (the quantity of a crop that is harvested) "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
• S: (n) cream, pick (the best people or things in a group) "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
• S: (n) woof, weft, filling, pick (the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving)
• S: (n) pick, plectrum, plectron (a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument)
• S: (n) pick (a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material) "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
• S: (n) pick, pickax, pickaxe (a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends) "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
• S: (n) pick (a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body) "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
• S: (n) choice, selection, option, pick (the act of choosing or selecting) "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

Verb

• S: (v) pick (select carefully from a group) "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
• S: (v) pick, pluck, cull (look for and gather) "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
• S: (v) blame, find fault, pick (harass with constant criticism) "Don't always pick on your little brother"
• S: (v) pick (provoke) "pick a fight or a quarrel"
• S: (v) pick (remove in small bits) "pick meat from a bone"
• S: (v) clean, pick (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits) "Clean the turkey"
• S: (v) pick (pilfer or rob) "pick pockets"
• S: (v) foot, pick (pay for something) "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
• S: (v) pluck, plunk, pick (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion) "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
• S: (v) pick, break up (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example) "Pick open the ice"
• S: (v) peck, pick, beak (hit lightly with a picking motion)
• S: (v) nibble, pick, piece (eat intermittently; take small bites of) "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"