All pick synonyms
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P p noun pick
- gem β a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- druthers β one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- flower β the blossom of a plant.
- fave β (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
- choice β If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.
- alternative β If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
- others β additional or further: he and one other person.
- chalk β Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- cynosure β a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- favorite β a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
verb pick
- hold with β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- look up 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.
- glean β to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- guesstimate β to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- gang up β an act of ganging up or uniting in opposition to someone or something.
- inking β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- glom β to steal.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- weed β Thurlow [thur-loh] /ΛΞΈΙr loΚ/ (Show IPA), 1797β1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
- locked β Simple past tense and past participle of lock.
- elect β Choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting.
- depurate β to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- favor β something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- guesstimated β Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- breakfasted β the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- lump it β accept sth unpleasant
- forgathered β Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- clean β Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- cataloguing 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.
- glomming β to steal.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- binning β a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
- make up one's mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- excerpt β A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
- cotton to β If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them.
- elutriate β Separate (lighter and heavier particles in a mixture) by suspension in an upward flow of liquid or gas.
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- adopt β If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- cataloged 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.
- choose β If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
- depute β If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf.
- cinched β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
adjective pick
- elite β A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category, esp. because of their power, talent, or wealth.
- handpicked β Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
adj pick
- creamer β Creamer is a white powder that is used in tea and coffee instead of milk.
- chosen β Chosen is the past participle of choose.
- gilt-edged β having the edge or edges gilded: gilt-edged paper.