The person or thing chosen or selected:
— He was my pick for mayor.

synonyms: choice, selection.

Dutch: keus, keuze, selectie

The quantity of a crop that is harvested:
— He sent the first picking of berries to the market.
— It was the biggest peach pick in years.

synonym: picking.

The best people or things in a group.

synonym: cream.

Roget 648: goodness etc. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue etc. 944; value, worth, price.    super-excellence, supereminence; superiority etc. 33; perfection etc. 650; coup de maitre [Fr.]; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre [Fr.], prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A 1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy.    tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis [Lat.], one in a thousand.    beneficence etc. 906; good man etc. 948.    ... show more

Dutch: bloem, crème de la crème, fine fleur, keur, puikje, vlaggenschip

The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.

synonyms: filling, weft, woof.

Dutch: woef, waf, breedtedraad, inslag
Polish: wątek tkacki, wątek

A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.

synonyms: plectron, plectrum.

Dutch: plectrum
Polish: kostka, piórko, plektron

A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material.

Dutch: hak

A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends:
— They used picks and sledges to break the rocks.

synonyms: pickax, pickaxe.

Roget 253: sharpness etc. adj.; acuity, acumination^†; spinosity^†.    point, spike, spine, spicule [Biol.], spiculum^†; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle^†, bear grass [U.S.], tine, yucca.    nib, tooth, tusk; spoke, cog, ratchet.    crag, crest, arete [Fr.], cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille^†; spire, pyramid, steeple.    beard, chevaux de frise [Fr.], porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle; comb; awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed^†, cleavers, clivers^†, goose, grass, hairif^†, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel^†, heckle.    wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury^†, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter^†; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword etc. (arms) 727; bodkin etc. (perforator) 262; belduque^†, bowie knife^†, paring knife; bushwhacker [U.S.]; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome [Micro.]; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine.    sharpener, hone, strop; grindstone, whetstone; novaculite^†; steel, emery.    ... show more

Dutch: pikhouweel, houweel
Polish: kilof

A basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body.

The act of choosing or selecting:
— You can take your pick.

synonyms: choice, option, selection.

Roget 609: choice, option; discretion etc. (volition) 600; preoption^†; alternative; dilemma, embarras de choix [Fr.]; adoption, cooptation^†; novation^†; decision etc. (judgment) 480.    election; political election (politics) 737.1. selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism; excerpta^†, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste; pick etc. (best) 650.    preference, prelation^†, opinion poll, survey; predilection etc. (desire) 865.    ... show more

Dutch: keus, keuze
Polish: typowanie, selekcjonowanie, wybieranie

Select carefully from a group.

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.    find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.    profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket etc. (wealth) 803.    treasure up etc. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce etc. 161; take etc. 789.    get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate^†, replevy [Law], redeem, come by one's own.    come by, come in for; receive etc. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.    get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.    be profitable etc. adj.; pay, answer.    accrue etc. (be received) 785.    ... show more

Look for and gather:
— Pick mushrooms.
— Pick flowers.

synonyms: cull, pluck.

Harass with constant criticism:
— Don't always pick on your little brother.

synonyms: blame, find fault.

Provoke.

Remove in small bits.

Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits.

synonym: clean.

Roget 652: be clean, render clean etc. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify^†, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.    wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge^†, deterge^†; decrassify^†; clear, purify; depurate^†, despumate^†, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate^†, edulcorate^†, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain.    disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate.    sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.    rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of.    ... show more

Pilfer or rob.

Pay for something:
— Pick up the tab.
— Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages.

synonym: foot.

Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.

synonyms: pluck, plunk.

Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example:
— Pick open the ice.

synonym: break up.

Hit lightly with a picking motion.

synonyms: beak, peck.

Roget 298: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in [Slang]; lick, pick, peck; gormandize etc. 957; bite, champ, munch, cranch^†, craunch^†, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.    live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse etc. (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet.    break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup.    drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple etc. (be drunken) 959; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle.    purvey etc. 637.    ... show more

Eat intermittently; take small bites of.

synonyms: nibble, piece.

Dutch: knabbelen