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picked

/pʰɪkt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
  2. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
  3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
  4. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
  5. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
  6. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
  7. Chosen; selected.
  8. (of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
  9. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
  10. Pointed; sharp

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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