pick
A tool used for diggingA tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
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» We picked flowers in the garden.
Wir haben im Garten Blumen gepflückt. — Aru
Мы рвали цветы в саду. — odexed
Ми зібрали квіти у саду. — anastasishko
Ми рвали квіти у садку. — aandrusiak
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18 sensesA tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke
кирка́kirká, кайло́kajló
ка́йлоkájlo
(slang)An anchor.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
Dietrich
отмы́чкаotmýčka
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
A choice; ability to choose.
вы́борvýbor
ви́бірvýbir
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
(Australia)Pasture; feed, for animals.
A screen.
засло́нzaslón
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
An interception.
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
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
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
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
plural: picksSynonyms
12 synonyms- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends:pickaxpickaxe
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument:plectrumplectron
- the person or thing chosen or selected:choiceselection
- the best people or things in a group:cream
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested:picking
- the act of choosing or selecting:choiceselectionoption
Word family
34 related wordsCollocations
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
See also
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