v to open (a lock) as by a wire.
2. pick ·v to trim.
3. pick ·noun choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
4. pick ·v to throw; to pitch.
5. pick ·vi to steal; to pilfer.
6. pick ·noun a pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
7. pick ·vi to eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
8. pick ·noun that which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
9. pick ·noun that which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
10. pick ·noun a sharp-pointed tool for picking;
often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
11. pick ·vi to do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
12. pick ·v to separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, ·etc.
13. pick ·noun a particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
14. pick ·v to remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
15. pick ·v to pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, ·etc.
xvi. pick ·v to peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
xvii. pick ·v to take up; ·esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags;
often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
xviii. pick ·v to choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way;
often with out.
xix. pick ·noun a heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, used by quarrymen, roadmakers, ·etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
xx. pick ·noun the blow which drives the shuttle, the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.