pick

1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

   Don't pick at that scab.

   He picked his nose.

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.

   pflücken

   собира́тьsobirátʹ, собра́тьsobrátʹ, рва́тьrvátʹ

3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

   She picked flowers in the meadow.

   to pick feathers from a fowl

4. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.

   to pick rags

5. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.

   to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket

6. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.

   I'll pick the one with the nicest name.

   выбира́тьvybirátʹ, выбра́тьvybrátʹ

   вибира́тиvybyráty

7. (transitive)To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.

8. 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.

   He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.

9. To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.

   He picked a tune on his banjo.

   zupfen

10. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.

11. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

12. To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

    I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs.

    select carefully from a group

1. We picked flowers in the garden.

   Ми зібрали квіти у саду. — anastasishko

   ruМы рвали цветы в саду. — odexed

   deWir haben im Garten Blumen gepflückt. — Aru

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2. He picked out the best book.

   Він вибрав найкращу книгу. — mkazarian

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3. She picked flowers in the garden.

   Вона збирала в саду квіти. — deniko

   ruОна нарвала в саду цветов. — sharptoothed

   deSie pflückte im Garten Blumen. — Ullalia

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4. Tom came to pick Mary up.

   Том прийшов, щоб забрати Мері. — deniko

   ruТом приехал забрать Мэри. — sharptoothed

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5. Tom picked a lot of flowers.

   Том назбирав багато квітів. — deniko

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regular · Lesson

• pick upпідбирати, підніматиTo lift; to grasp and raise.
• pick outвзяти, братиTo remove by picking.
• pick apartстукати, стукнутиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
• pick offTo remove by picking.
• pick onTo bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
• pick overTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
• pick throughTo look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.