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1. (noun) choice, pick, selection
the person or thing chosen or selected
Synonyms: selection, pickax, pick, filling, alternative, survival, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, cream, weft, extract, pickaxe

2. (noun) picking, pick
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, weft

3. (noun) cream, pick
the best people or things in a group
Synonyms: ointment, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, emollient, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, plectron, weft

4. (noun) woof, weft, filling, pick
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Synonyms: cream, pickaxe, selection, pick, choice, plectrum, picking, woof, filling, pickax, option, plectron, fill, weft

5. (noun) pick, plectrum, plectron
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, weft

6. (noun) pick
a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

7. (noun) pick, pickax, pickaxe
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, weft

8. (noun) pick
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

9. (verb) choice, selection, option, pick
the act of choosing or selecting
Synonyms: selection, extract, cream, survival, filling, alternative, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pick, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, weft, pickax, pickaxe

10. (verb) pick
select carefully from a group
Synonyms: peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

11. (verb) pick, pluck, cull
look for and gather
Synonyms: fleece, foot, clean, nibble, hustle, pick, surcharge, beak, deplume, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, tweak, pull off, pull, roll, displume, find fault, tear, soak, plunk, blame, piece, break up, rob, peck, deplumate, pick off, plume, cull

12. (verb) blame, find fault, pick
harass with constant criticism
Synonyms: charge, pick, peck, cull, clean, beak, fault, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

13. (verb) pick
provoke
Synonyms: peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

14. (verb) pick
remove in small bits
Synonyms: peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

15. (verb) clean, pick
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Synonyms: foot, clean, nibble, scavenge, cleanse, beak, strip, pluck, pick, find fault, plunk, cull, blame, piece, make clean, break up, peck, clean house, houseclean

16. (verb) pick
pilfer or rob
Synonyms: peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

17. (verb) foot, pick
pay for something
Synonyms: foot, clean, leg it, pick, beak, pluck, nibble, hoof, foot up, find fault, hoof it, plunk, blame, piece, break up, peck, cull

18. (verb) pluck, plunk, pick
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Synonyms: roll, peck, hook, find fault, cull, flump, piece, blame, beak, plank, rob, pick, displume, break up, plonk, deplumate, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, plump, pull, plop, clunk, dive, hustle, clean, foot, clump, plunk, plume, clop, pluck, deplume, plunge, pick off, nibble, plunk down, tear, tweak, plump down, gazump, fleece

19. (verb) pick, break up
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Synonyms: fragmentise, fragmentize, peck, decompose, collapse, sever, find fault, piece, blame, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, recess, part, crock up, crash, cut off, fragment, interrupt, beak, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, clean, dissolve, foot, crack, plunk, cull, disassemble, break apart, pluck, nibble, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up

20. (verb) peck, pick, beak
hit lightly with a picking motion
Synonyms: nag, clean, nibble, peck at, beak, pick at, plunk, pluck, smack, pick, find fault, hen-peck, foot, blame, piece, break up, pick up, peck, cull

21. (verb) nibble, pick, piece
eat intermittently; take small bites of
Synonyms: tack together, foot, patch, nibble, pick, beak, set up, put together, clean, pluck, assemble, find fault, plunk, blame, piece, break up, peck, tack, cull

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'PICK'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. PICK
A choice may be among many things; an alternative is in the strictest sense a choice between two things; oftener it is one of two things between which a choice is to be made, and either of wh
Synonyms: alternative, choice, election, option, pick, preference, resource
Antonyms: compulsion, necessity

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