picked
/pʰɪkt/ · verb
Meaning
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- 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.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- Chosen; selected.
- (of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
- Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
- Pointed; sharp
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