What is the meaning of pick?

noun

• The person or thing chosen or selected.
  • usage: "he was my pick for mayor"
  • synonyms: choice, selection
• The quantity of a crop that is harvested.
  • usage: "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
  • synonyms: picking
• The best people or things in a group.
  • usage: "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
  • synonyms: cream
• The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
  • synonyms: woof, weft, filling
• A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.
  • synonyms: plectrum, plectron
• A thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material.
  • usage: "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
• A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.
  • usage: "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
  • synonyms: pickax, pickaxe
• A basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body.
  • usage: "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
• The act of choosing or selecting.
  • usage: "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
  • synonyms: choice, selection, option

verb

• Select carefully from a group.
  • usage: "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
• Look for and gather.
  • usage: "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
  • synonyms: pluck, cull
• Harass with constant criticism.
  • usage: "Don't always pick on your little brother"
  • synonyms: blame, find fault
• Provoke.
  • usage: "pick a fight or a quarrel"
• Remove in small bits.
  • usage: "pick meat from a bone"
• Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits.
  • usage: "Clean the turkey"
  • synonyms: clean
• Pilfer or rob.
  • usage: "pick pockets"
• Pay for something.
  • usage: "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
  • synonyms: foot
• Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.
  • usage: "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
  • synonyms: pluck, plunk
• Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.
  • usage: "Pick open the ice"
  • synonyms: break up
• Hit lightly with a picking motion.
  • synonyms: peck, beak
• Eat intermittently; take small bites of.
  • usage: "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal-she just nibbles"
  • synonyms: nibble, piece