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  • 11pick out — verb 1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (Freq. 4) Take any one of these cards Choose a good husband for your daughter She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her • Syn: ↑choose, ↑take,… …

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  • 12pick — pick1 verb 1》 take hold of and remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing.     ↘(often pick someone/thing up) take hold of and lift or move.     ↘(pick up) Golf take hold of and lift up one s ball, especially when conceding a hole. 2》… …

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  • 13pick — [[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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  • 14pick up — 1) PHRASAL VERB When you pick something up, you lift it up. [V n P] He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head... [V P n (not pron)] Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it. 2) PHRASAL VERB When you pick …

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  • 15pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ …

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  • 17Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 …

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  • 18pick — Ⅰ. pick [1] ► VERB 1) (often pick up) take hold of and move. 2) remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing. 3) choose from a number of alternatives. 4) remove unwanted matter from (one s nose or teeth) with a finger or a pointed… …

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  • 19pick — pick1 pickable, adj. /pik/, v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 4. to… …

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  • 20pick up — phrasal verb Word forms pick up : present tense I/you/we/they pick up he/she/it picks up present participle picking up past tense picked up past participle picked up 1) [transitive] to lift someone or something up from a surface He picked the… …

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