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picked |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pick 2 of 12 senses of pick Sense 2 pick pluck, cull => mushroom => berry Sense 9 pluck, plunk, pick => twang Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pick 2 of 12 senses of pick Sense 2 pick pluck, cull => mushroom => berry => blackberry Sense 9 pluck, plunk, pick => twang Entailment of verb pick 1 of 12 senses of pick Sense 10 pick break up => chop, hack Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb pick 12 senses of pick Sense 1 pick => choose take select, pick out Sense 2 pick pluck, cull => gather, garner, collect, pull together Also See-> pick up#9; pick up#14; pick up#3; pick off#2; pick over#1; pick up#5 Sense 3 blame, find fault, pick => criticize, criticise, pick apart Sense 4 pick => provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up Sense 5 pick => remove, take take away withdraw Sense 6 clean, pick => remove, take take away withdraw Sense 7 pick => rob Sense 8 foot, pick => pay Sense 9 pluck, plunk, pick => pull draw, force Sense 10 pick break up => pierce Sense 11 peck, pick beak => strike Sense 12 nibble, pick piece => eat Familiarity of verb pick pick used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 12) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pick Sense 1 pick => choose take select, pick out -------------- Sense 2 pick pluck, cull => gather, garner, collect, pull together -------------- Sense 3 blame, find fault, pick => criticize, criticise, pick apart -------------- Sense 4 pick => provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up -------------- Sense 5 pick => remove, take take away withdraw -------------- Sense 6 clean, pick => remove, take take away withdraw -------------- Sense 7 pick => rob -------------- Sense 8 foot, pick => pay -------------- Sense 9 pluck, plunk, pick => pull draw, force -------------- Sense 10 pick break up => pierce -------------- Sense 11 peck, pick beak => strike -------------- Sense 12 nibble, pick piece => eat -------------- Overview of verb pick The verb pick has 12 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (14) pick -- (select carefully from a group: "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; "We had to pick through a lot of data") 2. (4) pick pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers") 3. (2) blame, find fault, pick -- (harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother") 4. (1) pick -- (provoke: "pick a fight or a quarrel") 5. (1) pick -- (remove in small bits: "pick meat from a bone") 6. (1) clean, pick -- (remove unwanted substances from such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit; "Clean the turkey") 7. pick -- (pilfer or rob: "pick pockets") 8. foot, pick -- (pay for something "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages") 9. pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin") 10. pick break up -- (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice") 11. peck, pick beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion) 12. nibble, pick piece -- (eat intermittently; take small bites of "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food") Grep of adj picked hand-picked Overview of verb pick The verb pick has 12 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (14) pick -- (select carefully from a group: "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; "We had to pick through a lot of data") 2. (4) pick pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers") 3. (2) blame, find fault, pick -- (harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother") 4. (1) pick -- (provoke: "pick a fight or a quarrel") 5. (1) pick -- (remove in small bits: "pick meat from a bone") 6. (1) clean, pick -- (remove unwanted substances from such as feathers or pits, as of chickens or fruit; "Clean the turkey") 7. pick -- (pilfer or rob: "pick pockets") 8. foot, pick -- (pay for something "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages") 9. pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin") 10. pick break up -- (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice") 11. peck, pick beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion) 12. nibble, pick piece -- (eat intermittently; take small bites of "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food")
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