pick in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
pick in Hindi हिन्दी
pick in English
- pick⇄expr. pick and choose, to select with great care; be very particular in choosing.
Ex. As matters stand, the army is an employer that can pick and choose (Maclean's). - pick⇄expr. pick at,
a. to pull, as with the fingers or beak.
Ex. The sick man picked at the blankets.
b. to eat only a little at a time.
Ex. The bird picked at the bread. She just picked at her food because she did not like it.pick⇄expr. pick in, to work in or fill in in a painting or drawing.
Ex. Then the shadows are ""picked in"" by assistants (George A. Sala).pick⇄expr. pick off,
a. to shoot one at a time; bring down one by one, by or as if by shooting.
Ex. to pick off a few disorganized opponents. The hunter picked off a goose from the flock flying overhead.
b. to catch (a runner in baseball)pick⇄expr. pick on,
a. (Informal.) to find fault with; nag at.
Ex. Why pick on me? The teacher picked on him for always being late.
b. (Informal.) to annoy; tease.
Ex. The bigger boys picked on him during recess.
c. to choose;pick⇄expr. pick out,
a. to choose with care; select.
Ex. Pick out a dress you will like to wear. He picked out for this purpose a Pole whom he believed to be a genuine revolutionary (Edmund Wilson).
b. to distinguish (a thing) from its surpick⇄expr. pick over,
a. to look over carefully.
Ex. to pick over vegetables before buying.
b. to prepare for use.
Ex. Pick over and hull the strawberries.pick⇄expr. pick up,
a. to take up.
Ex. The boy picked up a stone. The bird picked up a worm.
b. to summon or recover (as courage or hope).
Ex. to pick up one's spirits.
c. (Informal.) to recover; improve.
Ex. He seemed tpick⇄noun the act of choosing; choice or selection.
Ex. He let me have the first pick.
1. a person or thing selected from among others.
Ex. This red rose is my pick. That book is my first pick.
2. (Figurative.) the best or most desipick⇄noun to arrest.
Ex. Many colleges have long intervened with police when their students had been picked up for such apolitical offenses as brawling or disturbing the peace (Saturday Review). a. (Informal.) to become acquainted with without being inpick⇄noun 1. a cast or throw of the shuttle in weaving.
2. a single thread of the woof in cloth, especially as a measure of its fineness.
Ex. 20 picks per inch.
3. (British Dialect.) a pitch; throw.pick⇄pick (1), verb, noun.pick⇄pick (2), noun.
1. a tool with a heavy, sharp-pointed iron or steel bar, attached through an eye in the center to a wooden handle, used for breaking and prying up earth, rock, and other compacted or heavy material; pickax.
2. a sharp-pointedpick⇄pick (3), verb, noun.pick⇄v.i. 1. to use or work with a pick, pickax, or other such tool.
2. to eat with small bites, slowly, or without appetite.
3. to make a careful choice or selection.
4. to gather fruit or other growing produce.
5. pilfer.
Epick⇄v.t. 1. to choose out of a number or quantity; select.
Ex. to pick the right words. I picked a winning horse at the races.
2. to pull away, as if with the fingers or beak; gather; pluck.
Ex. to pick a caterpillar from a leaf. We pick fpick⇄v.t. 1. to throw (the shuttle) across the loom.
2. (British Dialect.)
a. to throw; hurl.
b. to pitch (as hay or grain).