Crossword-Solution: PICK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pick | v. | To throw; to pitch. |
| Pick | v. | To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. |
| Pick | v. | To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. |
| Pick | v. | To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
| Pick | v. | To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. |
| Pick | v. | To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. |
| Pick | v. | To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. |
| Pick | v. | To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. |
| Pick | v. | To trim. |
| Pick | v. i. | To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. |
| Pick | v. i. | To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. |
| Pick | v. i. | To steal; to pilfer. |
| Pick | n. | A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. |
| Pick | n. | A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. |
| Pick | n. | A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. |
| Pick | n. | Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. |
| Pick | n. | That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. |
| Pick | n. | A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
| Pick | n. | That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
| Pick | n. | The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PICK (5)
When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: “Pray, my dear friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain disputings.” The Farmer and the Stork A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed.
After dinner Lou and Oscar went to the orchard to pick cherries—they had neither of them had the patience to grow an orchard of their own—and Annie went down to gossip with Alexandra’s kitchen girls while they washed the dishes.
Why should he toil and moil, and be at so much trouble to pick himself up out of the mud, when, in a little while hence, the strong arm of his Uncle will raise and support him? Why should he work for his living here, or go to dig gold in California, when he is so soon to be made happy, at monthly intervals, with a little pile of glittering coin out of his Uncle’s pocket? It is sadly curious to observe how slight a taste of office suffices to infect a poor fellow with this singular disease.
Avoid being tedious with responses---rather than pick apart an article, address it in parts or as a whole.
The official name of the database language used by the Pick Operating System, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur.
Quotes with PICK (3)
NO. No no no. I don't want to screw you. I just love you. When did who you want to screw become the whole game? Since when is the person you want to screw the only person you get to love? It's so stupid, Tiny! I mean, Jesus, who even gives a fuck about sex?! People act like it's the most important thing humans do, but come on. How can our sentient fucking lives revolve around something slugs can do. I mean, who you want to screw and whether you screw them? Those are important…
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 109 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).