pick in WordNet English dictionary

1. hit lightly with a picking motion
   peck  pick  beak 
   
2. harass with constant criticism
   "Don't always pick on your little brother"
   blame  find fault  pick 
   
3. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
   "Pick open the ice"
   pick  break up 
   
4. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
   "Clean the turkey"
   clean  pick 
   
5. look for and gather
   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
   pick  pluck  cull 
   
6. pay for something
   "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
   foot  pick 
   
7. eat intermittently; take small bites of
   "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
   nibble  pick  piece 
   
8. remove in small bits
   "pick meat from a bone"
   pick 
   
9. select carefully from a group
   "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
   pick 
   
10. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
    "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
    pluck  plunk  pick 
    
11. provoke
    "pick a fight or a quarrel"
    pick 
    
12. pilfer or rob
    "pick pockets"
    pick 
    

1. the act of choosing or selecting
   "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
   choice  selection  option  pick 
   
2. the person or thing chosen or selected
   "he was my pick for mayor"
   choice  pick  selection 
   
3. the best people or things in a group
   "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
   cream  pick 
   
4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
   woof  weft  filling  pick 
   
5. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
   "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
   pick 
   
6. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
   "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
   pick  pickax  pickaxe 
   
7. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
   "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
   pick 
   
8. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
   pick  plectrum  plectron 
   
9. the quantity of a crop that is harvested
   "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
   picking  pick