pick
🇺🇸
/pɪk/
🇬🇧
/pɪk/
verb
A2
to choose someone or something from a group
Please pick your favorite color from these options.
B1
to take flowers, fruits, or other things from where they grow
We can pick some apples from the tree in the garden.
B2
to remove or pull something out with your fingers
She tried to pick the small stone from her shoe.
R
to play a guitar or similar instrument by pulling the strings
He learned to pick the guitar strings gently.
noun
B2
the act of choosing something
You can have first pick of the desserts.
R
a person or thing that is chosen
She was my pick for team leader.
R
the best one in a group
This book is the pick of the new releases.
R
a heavy tool for breaking hard ground or rocks
The workers used a pick to break the concrete.
R
a small tool for plucking guitar strings
He always uses a pick when playing his guitar.
translation
to choose someone or something from a group; to take flowers, fruits, or other things from where they grow; to remove or pull something out with your fingers; to play a guitar or similar instrument by pulling the strings
the act of choosing something; a person or thing that is chosen; the best one in a group; a heavy tool for breaking hard ground or rocks; a small tool for plucking guitar strings
Word Forms
3rd Present
picks
Progressive
picking
Past
picked
Perfect
picked
Plural
picks