pick
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernailsTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
» We picked flowers in the garden.
Wir haben im Garten Blumen gepflückt.
Мы рвали цветы в саду.
Ми зібрали квіти у саду.
Ми рвали квіти у садку.
Meaning
18 sensesTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Don't pick at that scab.
He picked his nose.
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
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
She picked flowers in the meadow.
to pick feathers from a fowl
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
to pick rags
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
To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
I'll pick the one with the nicest name.
выбира́тьvybirátʹ, выбра́тьvybrátʹ
вибира́тиvybyráty
(transitive)To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
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.
To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
He picked a tune on his banjo.
zupfen
To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
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
Examples
3241 sentencesWe picked flowers in the garden.
Ми зібрали квіти у саду. — anastasishko
ruМы рвали цветы в саду. — odexed
deWir haben im Garten Blumen gepflückt. — Aru
He picked out the best book.
Він вибрав найкращу книгу. — mkazarian
She picked flowers in the garden.
Вона збирала в саду квіти. — deniko
ruОна нарвала в саду цветов. — sharptoothed
deSie pflückte im Garten Blumen. — Ullalia
Tom came to pick Mary up.
Том прийшов, щоб забрати Мері. — deniko
ruТом приехал забрать Мэри. — sharptoothed
Tom picked a lot of flowers.
Том назбирав багато квітів. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested inFrom Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.
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Forms
picks, picking, picked, pickedPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- 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.
Synonyms
50 synonymsWord family
68 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- picked up the
- picked up a
- picked up his
- to pick up
- and picked up
- coming to pick
- pick up some
- going to pick
- pick a fight
- pick out a
- down and picked
- come and pick