pick

pick
I
n.
tool for breaking

an ice pick

II

n. (colloq.)

selection

to take one's pick

III
v.

1) (C) ('to select') pick a nice melon for me; or: pick me a nice melon

2) (d; intr.) to pick at ('to eat sparingly') (to pick at one's food)

3) (D; tr.) ('to select') to pick from, out of (she picked this album from our record library)

4) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to pick on ('to find fault with') (she's always picking on me)

5) (H) ('to select') they picked me to serve as secretary

6) (N; used with an adjective) the animals picked the carcass clean

* * *
[pɪk]
or: pick me a nice melon
out of (she picked this album from our record library)
(C) ('to select') picka nice melon for me
(D; tr.) ('to select') to pick from
(H) ('to select') they picked me to serve as secretary
(N; used with an adjective) the animals picked the carcass clean
(colloq.) ['selection'] to take one's pick
['tool for breaking'] an ice pick
(colloq.) (d; intr.) to pick on (she's always picking on me; 'to find fault with')
(d; intr.) to pick at (to pick at one's food; 'to eat sparingly')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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