Pick

//pɪk//

Synonyms for "pick" (417 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (84)

Strong matches (125)

contract cream of the crop criticize crop crop herbs cull cut dab dagger decide decide between decision delegate designate devil dig dig up discern discompose discriminate

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Verb(19 words)

cook cull dash decide dump feck find fault fling foot go with heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle jerk launch lob

Noun(3 words)

cream filling guitar pick

Related words (208)

make a comeback make a selection make headway make out make progress mark master mattock meet miff molest mow nab nag nag at neaten needle nettle nibble at nick

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niggle nippers nonesuch nonpareil nosh nudzh nut obtain opt for optimum option paper cutter paper knife paragon paring knife pat peck at peeve penknife perk up persecute pester pick and choose pick at pick off pick on pick out pick up pickax pickaxe picked picking picklock piece de resistance pinch pique plague plectron plowshare pluck the beard plunk pother prefer preference preoption pride prime primrose prize provoke pull in purchase queen quintessence raise up rake up rally rap razor razor blade reap reap and carry recognize recoup recover ride rile roil round up ruffle run in salt of the earth saw knife sax scalpel scare up scissors scoop scrape together scrape up scraper screen screen out scuffle hoe scythe selected selection separate settle settle on settle upon share shears sheath knife shoot shoot down sickle sidecutters sift sift out single single out snack snap snips sort sort out spear speed up spokeshave start stir up straighten out straighten up strum superlative surgical knife sweep the strings sword table knife take take in take into custody take up tap taunt tease tell apart the best the best ever the pick the tops the very best thrum tickle tidy up tip tool top tops torment touch try the patience twang tweak the nose vex volition warp wedge weft whisk will winnow work up worry yap at

Verb(22 words)

nibble peg piece pitch pluck plunk precipitate project quoit shy skew slight sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip

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whop wing

Noun(10 words)

option pickax pickaxe picking picklock plectron plectrum selection weft woof

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

41 entries

action basketball play call forth choose collect criticise criticize deciding decision making device draw eat edge tool elite elite group evoke

Showing 16 of 41 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

give

Synonyms

15 entries

blame choice choose clean cream foot nibble peck pickaxe picking plectrum pluck screen select woof

Related terms

1 entries

mattock

derived

142 entries

Afro pick U-pick a bone to pick antipick autopick bone to pick captain's pick cherry-pick crow to pick downpick e-pick earpick fingerpick first pick

Showing 16 of 142 words.

entails

1 entries

chop

has context

10 entries

american football art baseball basketball cricket lacrosse music painting printing weaving

is a

11 entries

basketball play device edge tool gardening tool hand tool hardware tool industrial equipment material movement hand tool rigid portable object shaped thing tool

made of

1 entries

metal

manner of

6 entries

choose gather pierce provoke remove rob

part of

1 entries

ice axe

related to

76 entries

apples arm attach ball bowled bowler breaker breaking breaking rocks buckler choice choose choose select choosing comb consumption

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used for

1 entries

picking lock

Translations

189 translations across 58 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μάκελλα noun (pickaxe)
ἐκλέγω verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Arabic

3 entries

بيك noun (pickaxe)
فَأْس noun (pickaxe)
مِعْوَل noun (pickaxe)

Armenian

3 entries

բրիչ noun (pickaxe)
քլունգ noun (pickaxe)
քչփորել verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Aromanian

1 entries

sapã noun (pickaxe)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dərmək verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

चुनल verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Bikol Central

1 entries

pudo verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Breton

1 entries

pegañ verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Bulgarian

4 entries

заслон noun (basketball: screen)
избор noun (choice)
кирка noun (pickaxe)
търнокоп noun (pickaxe)

Catalan

2 entries

pic noun (pickaxe)
collir verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ noun (pickaxe)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

摘 verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

万能钥匙 noun (tool to open a lock)
鶴嘴鋤 /鹤嘴锄 noun (pickaxe)
摘 verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Czech

1 entries

krumpáč noun (pickaxe)

Danish

1 entries

plukke verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Dutch

4 entries

kiezen verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)
krabben verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
nemen verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
plukken verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Esperanto

2 entries

pioĉo noun (pickaxe)
pluki verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Finnish

4 entries

hakku noun (pickaxe)
harva kampa noun (comb with long widely spaced teeth)
tiirikka noun (tool to open a lock)
valinta noun (choice)

French

4 entries

choix noun (choice)
passe-partout noun (tool to open a lock)
pioche noun (pickaxe)
choisir verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

German

4 entries

Dietrich noun (tool to open a lock)
Hacke noun (pickaxe)
Pickel noun (pickaxe)
Spitzhacke noun (pickaxe)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Hebrew

1 entries

קָטַף verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Hindi

2 entries

गैंती noun (pickaxe)
चुनना verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Hungarian

1 entries

csákány noun (pickaxe)

Icelandic

1 entries

lesa verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Indonesian

2 entries

memetik verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
petik verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Ingrian

3 entries

noblia verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
noppia verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
reppiä verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Irish

4 entries

piocóid noun (pickaxe)
pioc verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
pioc verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
pioc verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Italian

4 entries

barriera noun (basketball: screen)
grimaldello noun (tool to open a lock)
pettine noun (comb with long widely spaced teeth)
piccone noun (pickaxe)

Japanese

2 entries

つるはし noun (pickaxe)
摘む verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tsùo verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Korean

3 entries

따다 verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
뜯다 verb (music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument)
정하다 verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Latin

2 entries

carpō verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
carpō verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Lithuanian

1 entries

skinti verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Macedonian

2 entries

копач noun (pickaxe)
трнокоп noun (pickaxe)

Malayalam

1 entries

കോടാലി noun (pickaxe)

Māori

4 entries

pika noun (pickaxe)
kōwhiri verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)
tāhora verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
whakatete verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Nahuatl

1 entries

pehpena verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Norman

1 entries

tchilyi verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Norwegian

4 entries

dirk noun (tool to open a lock)
hakke noun (pickaxe)
valg noun (choice)
pilke verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

plukke verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

чесати verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

آژینه noun (hammer for dressing millstones)

Persian

1 entries

کلنگ noun (pickaxe)

Polish

4 entries

czekan noun (pickaxe)
kandydat noun (choice)
kilof noun (pickaxe)
możliwość wyboru noun (choice)

Portuguese

4 entries

escolha noun (choice)
picareta noun (pickaxe)
colher verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
escolher verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Quechua

1 entries

p'itiy verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Romanian

1 entries

târnăcop noun (pickaxe)

Russian

4 entries

вы́бор noun (choice)
засло́н noun (basketball: screen)
кайло́ noun (pickaxe)
кирка́ noun (pickaxe)

Spanish

4 entries

ganzúa noun (tool to open a lock)
pico noun (pickaxe)
piqueta noun (pickaxe)
puya noun (general purpose hooked tool part of a set)

Swedish

4 entries

dyrk noun (tool to open a lock)
hacka noun (pickaxe)
val noun (choice)
plocka verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)

Tagalog

2 entries

kunin verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
manguha verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Tamil

3 entries

கோடாரி noun (pickaxe)
நோண்டு verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
பறி verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Turkish

4 entries

ajine noun (hammer for dressing millstones)
kazma noun (pickaxe)
seçmek noun (choice)
çilingir noun (tool to open a lock)

Tày

2 entries

boi verb (to grasp and pull with fingers)
bít verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ви́бір noun (choice)
ка́йло noun (pickaxe)
вибира́ти verb (to decide upon, from a set of options; to select)

Welsh

2 entries

casglu verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)
pigo verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Zazaki

3 entries

dilgan noun (comb with long widely spaced teeth)
zengen (diq) noun (pickaxe)
arêden verb (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have a bone to pick with you.

Source: tatoeba (1625)

Pick up your things and go away.

Source: tatoeba (2305)

Please pick me up at the airport at five.

Source: tatoeba (18215)

It'd be great if you could pick up some bread before you come home.

Source: tatoeba (20449)

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