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ability to choose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A screen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An interception.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A good defensive play by an infielder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A pickoff.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"so many picks to an inch"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Don't pick at that scab."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It's time to pick the tomatoes."},{"definition":"To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She picked flowers in the meadow."},{"definition":"To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to pick rags"},{"definition":"To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket"},{"definition":"To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll pick the one with the nicest name."},{"definition":"To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled."},{"definition":"To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He picked a tune on his banjo."},{"definition":"To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs."},{"definition":"To steal; to pilfer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To throw; to pitch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc."},{"definition":"To screen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pick"]}]