to be picked at
1Picked — Pick ed, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. Picked and polished. Chapman. [1913 Webster] Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster] 3. Carefully… …
2Picked dogfish — Picked Pick ed, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. Picked and polished. Chapman. [1913 Webster] Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster] 3.… …
3Picked out — Picked Pick ed, a. 1. Pointed; sharp. Picked and polished. Chapman. [1913 Webster] Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster] 3.… …
4picked — [pıkt] adj [only before noun] picked people have been specially chosen because they are very suitable for a particular job →↑handpicked …
5picked — picked1 [pikt] adj. [< PICK3] 1. selected with care [picked men] 2. gathered from plants rather than from the ground, as berries picked2 [pik′id, pikt] adj. [ME < PICK …
6picked — index preferable, select Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7picked out — index preferred (favored) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8picked — *select, elect, exclusive …
9Picked — Pick Pick (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… …
10picked — picked1 /pikt/, adj. 1. specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill: a crew of picked men. 2. cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: picked fruit. [1300 50; ME; see PICK1, ED2] picked2 /pik id, pikt/, adj. Chiefly Dial. having or… …
