📖 Definitions of "Picks"
- 1
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- 2
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- 3
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- 4
A choice; ability to choose.
- 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"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Picks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pickaxnoun | (US) Alternative spelling of pickaxe. [A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.] |
| pickaxenoun | A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge. |
| woofnoun | (weaving) The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft. |
| 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 |
| plunknoun | A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface. |
| fillingnoun | Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. |
| creamnoun | The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. |
| cullverb | To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). |
| break upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. |
| piecenoun | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. |
| footnoun | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| pecknoun | (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). |
| beaknoun | (anatomy) A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. |
| 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. |
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