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Picked

/pʰɪkt/

To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

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📖 Definitions of "Picked"

verb

1
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
"Don't pick at that scab."
2
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
"It's time to pick the tomatoes."
3
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
"She picked flowers in the meadow."
4
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
"to pick rags"

adjective

1
Chosen; selected.
2
(of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
"the picked dogfish"
3
Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
4
Pointed; sharp

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Picked"

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Word	Definition
pickaxverb	(US) Alternative spelling of pickaxe. [To use a pickaxe.]
pickaxeverb	To use a pickaxe.
woofverb	(weaving) To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.
weftnoun	(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
nibbleverb	(transitive) To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
pluckverb	(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
plunkverb	(intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
fillingnoun	Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
creamverb	(transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
cullverb	To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
break upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
pieceverb	(transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
footverb	(transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
peckverb	(ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
beakverb	(transitive) To strike with the beak.
find faultverb	(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively.
blameverb	(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
plectronnoun	(music) Alternative form of plectrum. [(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.]
choicenoun	An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
selectionnoun	The process or act of selecting.