Verb (1)pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
I pick you as my partner
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp Noun (1)
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
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Noun
The pick is in and Zaccharie Risacher is the first name called in the 2024 NBA Draft.—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024 Sacramento will have the 45th overall pick in the second round of the draft Thursday.—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024 However, if top contenders struggle with consistency, Rivera could be a wild card pick for the team.—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 June 2024 The pick Thursday came after years of speculation about LeBron James lengthening his career long enough to get to play alongside his son.—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for pick
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Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick — more at pike
Noun (2)
Middle English pik
Verb (2)
Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch
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