Толковый словарь английского языка - pick
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I. verb see: pike Date: 14th century transitive verb to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument , 2. to remove bit by bit , to remove covering or adhering matter from , 3. to gather by plucking , choose , select , to make (one's way) slowly and carefully , 4. pilfer , rob , to obtain useful information from by questioning, provoke , 6. to dig into ; probe , to pluck (as a guitar) with a ~ or with the fingers, to loosen or pull apart with a sharp point , to unlock with a device (as a wire) other than the key , intransitive verb to use or work with a ~, to gather or harvest something by plucking, pilfer , to eat sparingly or mincingly , II. noun Date: 15th century a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument, 2. the act or privilege of choosing or selecting ; choice , the best or choicest one , one that is ~ed , the portion of a crop gathered at one time , a screen in basketball, III. noun Etymology: Middle English pik Date: 14th century a heavy wooden-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends, 2. tooth~ , ~lock , a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument, one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating, a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hair style, IV. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch Date: 1523 to throw or thrust with effort ; hurl , to throw (a shuttle) across the loom, V. noun Date: 1627 1. dialect England the act of pitching or throwing, something thrown, 2. a throw of the shuttle, a filling thread
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a team; picked the right moment to intervene). 2 detach or pluck (a flower, fruit, etc.) from a stem, tree, etc. 3 a probe (the teeth, nose, ears, a pimple, etc.) with the finger, an instrument, etc. to remove unwanted matter. b clear (a bone, carcass, etc.) of scraps of meat etc. 4 (also absol.) (of a person) eat (food, a meal, etc.) in small bits; nibble without appetite. 5 (also absol.) esp. US pluck the strings of (a banjo etc.). 6 remove stalks etc. from (esp. soft fruit) before cooking. 7 a select (a route or path) carefully over difficult terrain by foot. b place (one's steps etc.) carefully. 8 pull apart (pick oakum). 9 (of a bird) take up (grains etc.) in the beak. --n. 1 the act or an instance of picking. 2 a a selection or choice. b the right to select (had first pick of the prizes). 3 (usu. foll. by of) the best (the pick of the bunch). Phrases and idioms pick and choose select carefully or fastidiously. pick at 1 eat (food) without interest; nibble. 2 = pick on 1 (see PICK(1)). pick a person's brains extract ideas, information, etc., from a person for one's own use. pick holes (or a hole) in 1 make holes in (material etc.) by plucking, poking, etc. 2 find fault with (an idea etc.). pick a lock open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key, esp. with intent to steal. pick-me-up 1 a tonic for the nerves etc. 2 a good experience, good news, etc. that cheers. pick off 1 pluck (leaves etc.) off. 2 shoot (people etc.) one by one without haste. 3 eliminate (opposition etc.) singly. pick on 1 find fault with; nag at. 2 select. pick out 1 take from a larger number (picked him out from the others). 2 distinguish from surrounding objects or at a distance (can just pick out the church spire). 3 play (a tune) by ear on the piano etc. 4 (often foll. by in, with) a highlight (a painting etc.) with touches of another colour. b accentuate (decoration, a painting, etc.) with a contrasting colour (picked out the...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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