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• pick a number from one to twenty.
• she picked the best cake for herself.
• he picked his words carefully.
• have i picked a bad time to talk to you?

pick

1. to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things
• see also hand-picked
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hand-picked
• Pick a number from one to twenty.
• She picked the best cake for herself.
• He picked his words carefully.
• Have I picked a bad time to talk to you?
• He has been picked to play in this week's game.
• You choose—I can’t decide.
• He was selected for the team.
• a randomly selected sample of 23 schools
• She picked the best cake for herself.
• We’re still trying to decide on a venue.
• After graduating she opted for a career in music.
• After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
• I think I’ll go for the fruit salad.
2. to take flowers, fruit, etc. from the plant or the tree where they are growing
• to pick grapes
• flowers freshly picked from the garden
• to go blackberry picking
3. to pull or remove something or small pieces of something from something else, especially with your fingers
• She picked bits of fluff from his sweater.
• He picked the nuts off the top of the cake.
• to pick your nose (= put your finger inside your nose to remove dried mucus)
• to pick your teeth (= use a small sharp piece of wood to remove pieces of food from your teeth)
• The dogs picked the bones clean (= ate all the meat from the bones).
• = pluck
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pluck_1
4. to be angry with somebody about something and want to discuss it with them
5. to choose only those things that you like or want very much
• You have to take any job you can get—you can't pick and choose.
6. to ask somebody a lot of questions about something because they know more about the subject than you do
7. to deliberately start a fight or an argument with somebody
• He had drunk too much and was ready to pick a fight with anyone who crossed his path.
8. to find the weak points in something such as a plan, suggestion, etc.
• It was easy to pick holes in his arguments.
9. to open a lock without a key, using something such as a piece of wire
• The burglars must have picked the lock on the back door.
10. to steal something from somebody’s pocket without them noticing
• related noun pickpocket
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pickpocket
• The back pocket on a pair of jeans is the easiest one to pick.
11. to criticize somebody, or their work or ideas, very severely
12. to criticize somebody, or their work or ideas, very severely
13. to pay for something
• The company picked up the tab for his hotel room.
• The government will continue to pick up college fees for some students.
14. to return or to help somebody return to a normal situation, particularly after a shock or a disaster
• You cannot live your children's lives for them; you can only be there to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.
15. to go faster
• The train began to pick up speed.
16. to return to an earlier situation or way of life after an interruption
17. to walk carefully, choosing the safest, driest, etc. place to put your feet
• She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.
18. to choose a horse, etc. that you think is most likely to win a race
• See related entries: Equine sports
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/equine_sports/pick_3
19. to make a very good choice

Extra Examples

• Have you been picked for the team?
• He picked the pan up carefully by the handle.
• He was picked out as the best player.
• I hurriedly picked up the receiver.
• I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it.
• Names were picked at random out of a hat.
• Rather gingerly, George picked up the tiny bundle.
• She gently picked up a plate and examined it.
• She stooped down to pick up a stone.
• She stooped to pick the book up off the floor.
• They picked Jane as the captain.
• freshly picked strawberries
• He has been picked to play in this week’s game.
• The common was a great place to go blackberry picking.
• They picked some flowers and arranged them into a beautiful bouquet.
• to pick grapes/strawberries/cotton

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they pick
• he / she / it picks
• past simple picked
• past participle picked
• -ing form picking

Word Origin

• verb Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture’, also with French piquer ‘to prick’.