adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of pick form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word) often
2. 2
   Chosen; selected.
3. 3
   Played by picking the strings
4. 4
   Having a pike or spine on the back.

   "the picked dogfish"

5. 5
   fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty obsolete

   "He is too / picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were, / too peregrinate, as I may call it."

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6. 6
   pointed; sharp obsolete

   "[…] an useful bow a skilful bowyer wrought, / Which picked and polished both the ends he hid with horns of gold."

Synonyms

All synonyms

acceptedadoptedappointedapprovedassortedbest

Example

More examples

"The committee picked the site for the exhibition."

Related phrases

hand-pickedpicked-strings

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