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  • 41pick — 1. verb 1) I got a job picking apples Syn: harvest, gather (in), collect, pluck; literary cull 2) pick the time that suits you best Syn: choose, select, pick out, single out, take, opt for, elect …

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  • 42pick — {{11}}pick (n.1) c.1300, pyk pikestaff, variant of PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2). Pic pickaxe is attested from mid 14c. {{12}}pick (n.2) in various senses derived from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.): That of plectrum for a guitar, lute, etc. is …

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  • 43pick — [[t]pɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ picks, picking, picked 1) VERB If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. [V n] Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London... [V n] I had deliberately picked a city with a… …

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  • 44pick over — verb separate or remove The customer picked over the selection • Syn: ↑sieve out • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑pick out • Verb Frames …

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  • 45pick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. best, cream, flower, elite, choice; selection; pickax. See sharpness. v. t. select, choose; pluck, garner, gather; cull. See goodness, approbation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement for picking] Syn …

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  • 46pick — I. v. a. 1. Peck, pierce, strike at. 2. Pluck, pull off, pick off, gather. 3. Open (as a lock). 4. Choose, select, cull, single out, pick out, fix upon, pitch upon. 5. Clean, cleanse. 6. Gather up, collect, acquire, get. 7 …

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  • 47pick —    Ohi, ako (gather); wae, koho (select);    ♦ pick up, hao, lapulapu; lālau (as a fallen object); akahao (carefully); kiko, pikawai (as chickens);    ♦ pick at, as food, niole, oninini;    ♦ pick out, ōhiki.    ♦ Pick breadfruit with a pole, lou …

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  • 48out — 1 /aUt/ adverb, adjective (adv only after verb, adj not before noun) 1 NOT INSIDE STH from the inside of something: She opened the envelope and took the letter out. (+ of): The diary must have fallen out of her pocket. | Someone has torn the last …

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  • 49out — /aʊt / (say owt) adverb 1. forth from, away from, or not in a place, position, state, etc.: out of order. 2. away from one s home, country, etc.: *Down by the store a camel train was just setting out loaded with the quarterly supplies of a… …

  • 50ˌpick sb/sth ˈout — phrasal verb to choose one thing or person from a group The police organized a lineup, and I had to pick out the man who attacked me.[/ex] …

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