All pick synonyms
pick
P p verb pick
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- edulcorate β to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
- balloted β a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- deterge β to wash or wipe away; cleanse
- inked β (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.
- harvest β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- close with β to engage in battle with an enemy
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- flash on β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- lassoed β a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- ingather β to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- eat β to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- forgather β to gather together; convene; assemble.
- cataloging β Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- designate β When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- appoint β If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- hackling β Present participle of hackle.
- lassoing β a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- hackles β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- nominate β to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- look to β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- ingathering β a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- balloting β voting in an election
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- go out on a limb β say sth daring
- buck for β If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it.
- dare say β to think likely; suppose
- cull β If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- opt β to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).
- hire β to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- optate β (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
- catalogued β a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
noun pick
- cream β Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- brochette β a skewer or small spit, used for holding pieces of meat, etc, while roasting or grilling
- carrot β Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- favourite β a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- firsts β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- frontrunner β a person who leads in any competition.