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How to pronounce pick in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms picking
Type of output, production, yield


he sent the first picking of berries to the market.
it was the biggest peach pick in years.
Type Words
Synonyms choice, selection
Type of deciding, decision making
Has types pleasure, way, favorite, favourite


he was my pick for mayor.
Type Words
Synonyms pickax, pickaxe
Type of edge tool
Has types mattock


they used picks and sledges to break the rocks.
Type Words
Synonyms pluck, plunk
Type of pull, draw
Has types twang
Type Words
Synonyms foot
Type of pay


pick up the tab.
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages.
Type Words
Synonyms cull, pluck
Type of collect, garner, gather, pull together
Has types mushroom, berry
Derivation picking, picker


pick mushrooms.
pick flowers.
Type Words
Synonyms choice, option, selection
Type of action
Has types willing, ballot, balloting, casting, coloration, colouration, conclusion, decision, determination, election, sampling, volition, vote, voting


you can take your pick.
Type Words
Synonyms cream
Type of elite, elite group
Type Words
Synonyms blame, find fault
Type of pick apart, knock, criticize, criticise


Don't always pick on your little brother.
Type Words
Synonyms nibble, piece
Type of eat
Type Words
Synonyms clean
Type of remove, withdraw, take away, take
Type Words
Synonyms plectron, plectrum
Type of device
Has types guitar pick
Type Words
Synonyms filling, weft, woof
Type of thread, yarn
Type Words
Synonyms break up
Type of pierce
Type Words
Synonyms beak, peck
Type of strike
Type Words
Type of basketball play


he was called for setting an illegal pick.
Type Words
Type of hand tool
Has types icepick, toothpick, ice pick


he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks.
Type Words
Type of rob
Derivation pickings


pick pockets.
Type Words
Type of evoke, kick up, provoke, call forth


pick a fight or a quarrel.
Type Words
Type of take, take away, withdraw, remove


pick meat from a bone.
Type Words
Type of take, pick out, select, choose
Has types hand-pick
Derivation picker


She finally picked her successor.
He picked his way carefully.

Examples of pick

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Additionally, we pick ones with holes or pretty images to slip under the pillow.
From the stltoday.com
Reimer, a 2006 draft pick, is 1-1 with a .957 save percentage in his two starts.
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The trees will be collected during the regular trash or yard waste pick-up days.
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Brentwood goalie David Joice saved nine of 11 shots he faced to pick up the win.
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Breese Central goalie Jacob Brauer saved both shots he faced to pick up the win.
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Alex Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah, becomes a free agent.
From the thenewstribune.com
Can you pick up some warm socks or a few cans of soup when you are out shopping?
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Not a bad deal and we can even throw in a second round pick to sweeten the deal.
From the orlandosentinel.com
King Abdullah will pick the location, not that phony front man in New York City.
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More examples
  • Choice: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
  • Select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
  • Picking: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
  • Look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
  • Blame: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
  • Cream: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
  • Pickens Railway is a shortline railroad operating on two separate divisions in the Upstate Region of South Carolina: * Easley to Pickens: * Anderson, through Belton to Honea Path: Connections are made with the Norfolk Southern at Easley & Anderson and with the Greenville and Western Railway at ...
  • A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player, by standing beside or behind a defender, to free a teammate to shoot, receive a pass, or drive in to score. In basketball, it is also known as a pick. ...
  • A guitar pick is a plectrum used on stringed instruments such as guitars. One material is generally used on a pick, among these are plastic, rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, and stone. ...