English-Thai Dictionary
pick
N การ เก็บ การ เด็ด การ เก็บเกี่ยว kan-keb
pick
N การ เลือก การ เลือกสรร การ คัด การ คัด สรร kan-lueak
pick
N พลั่ว pua
pick
N สิ่ง ที่ คัด หรือ เลือก มา อย่างดี ที่สุด ส่วนสำคัญ ส่วน ที่ ดี ที่สุด siang-ti-kad-rue-lueak-ma-yang-ti-sud
pick
N เครื่อง แคะ เครื่อง แงะ krueng-kea
pick
VT ขุด เจาะ แทะ kod
pick
VT จิก (ไก่ นก ตอด (ไก่ นก peck jik
pick
VT หาเรื่อง ha-ruang
pick
VT เด็ด (ผลไม้ ดอกไม้ เก็บ (ผลไม้ ดอกไม้ collect harvest ded
pick
VT เลือก คัด สรร choose select lueak
pick
VT แคะ (ฟัน จมูก kea
pick a fight / quarrel with
PHRV เริ่ม ต่อสู้ กับ roem-tor-su-kab
pick a quarrel (with)
IDM เริ่ม โต้เถียง roem-to-tiang
pick and choose
IDM บรรจง คัดเลือก มา อย่างดี ban-jojng-kad-luek-ma-yang-de
pick apart
PHRV จ้องจับผิด jong-jub-pid
pick apart
PHRV เด็ด ออก คัดออก เลือก ออก ถอน ออก ded-ook
pick at
PHRV บ่นว่า หาเรื่อง nag at bon-wa
pick at
PHRV ลูบคลำ คลำ lub-kam
pick at
PHRV เล็ม เขี่ย เล่น nibble at peck at lem
pick away
PHRV เลาะ ออก ลอก ออก เลือก ออก lor-ook
pick flaws / holes in
IDM จับผิด หา ข้อบกพร่อง jab-pid
pick from
PHRV คัดเลือก เลือก จาก (กลุ่ม คัด สรร จาก kad-luek
pick from
PHRV เด็ด จาก ดึง จาก สอย จาก ded-jak
pick holes in
IDM ว่ากล่าว อย่ง รุนแรง วิพากษ์วิจารณ์ อย่างรุนแรง wa-kao-yang-run-rang
pick in
PHRV ทิ่ม เป็น รู เจาะ เป็น รู tim-pen-ru
pick off
PHRV จิก เด็ด ออก ดึง ออก take off jik
pick off
PHRV ยิง ทีละ คน ying-te-la-kon
pick on
PHRV เลือก คัดเลือก drop on fasten on luek
pick on
PHRV เลือก ตำหนิ เลือก ลงโทษ drop on fasten on luek-tam-ni
pick out
PHRV จำได้ แม่น (จาก กลุ่ม ที่อยู่ รวมกัน jam-dai-mean
pick out
PHRV เข้าใจ kao-jai
pick out
PHRV เลือก ออก หยิบ ออกจาก (กลุ่ม luek-ook
pick out
PHRV เห็น สี ชัด hen-se-chad
pick out
PHRV แคะ ออก แงะ ออก งัด ออก kea-ook
pick over
PHRV เลือก เก็บ luek-keb
pick up
IDM จัด ให้ เป็นระเบียบ ทำให้ เรียบร้อย jad-hai-pen-ra-biab
pick up
PHRV ขับรถ ไป ส่ง kab-rod-pai-song
pick up
PHRV ขุด เจาะ kud
pick up
PHRV จับ (ฆาตกร หรือ ผู้ร้าย jub
pick up
PHRV ช่วยชีวิต chue-che-wid
pick up
PHRV ดุว่า ว่ากล่าว สั่งสอน du-wa
pick up
PHRV ทำให้ รู้สึก ดีขึ้น หายป่วย ช่วย เยียวยา tam-hai-ru-suek-de-kuan
pick up
PHRV ปรับปรุง (อากาศ ,ธุรกิจ prab-prung
pick up
PHRV ผูกมิตร กับ พบปะ puk-mid-kab
pick up
PHRV ยกขึ้น gather up get up yok-kuan
pick up
PHRV รับ (ของ หรือ คน call for rab
pick up
PHRV ลุกขึ้น ยืนหยัด ขึ้น luk-luan
pick up
PHRV หา คลื่น (เสียง ,ไฟฟ้า ha-klan
pick up
PHRV หารายได้ (จำนวน น้อย ha-rai-dai
pick up
PHRV หา หรือ ซื้อ ใน ราคา ถูก ha-rue-sue-nai-ra-ka-tuk
pick up
PHRV เตรียม จ่าย triam-jai
pick up
PHRV เริ่ม ทำงาน roem-tam-nang
pick up
PHRV เริ่มใหม่ เริ่มต้น ใหม่ take up roem-mai
pick up
PHRV เรียนรู้ อย่าง ไม่เป็นทางการ หรือ โดยบังเอิญ rian-ru-yang-mai-pen-tang-kan
pick up
PHRV ได้กลิ่น ได้ยิน มองเห็น dai-klin
pick up a cue
IDM พูด บท ต่อเนื่อง หรือ มี จังหวะ phud-bod-tor-nuang-rue-me-jang-wa
pick up speed
IDM เริ่ม ทำงาน หรือ วิ่ง เร็ว roem-tam-nang-rue-wing-reo
pick up the gauntlet
IDM ยอมรับ คำเชิญ yom-rub-kam-choen
pick with
PHRV ไม่เห็นด้วย (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ขัดแย้ง บ่นว่า เกี่ยวกับ mai-hen-duai
pick-me-up
N เครื่องดื่ม ผสม เหล้า ที่ ใช้ เป็น ยากระตุ้น กำลัง ยากระตุ้น highball whiskey krueng-duam-oa-som-lao-ti-chai-pen-ya-kra-tun
pick-up
N การจับกุม (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ การ ควบคุมตัว ไว้ (โดย เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ kan-jub-kum
pick-up
N การ รับ ผู้โดยสาร kan-rab-phu-doi-san
pick-up
N การ เก็บ ขึ้นมา การ หยิบ การ จับ ขึ้นมา catch kan-keb-kuan-ma
pick-up
N การ เร่งความเร็ว (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ kan-rang-kwam-reo
pick-up
N คน โบก รถ คน เดินทาง รอนแรม ไป ตามที่ ต่างๆ โดย การ โบก รถ kon-bok-rod
pick-up
N ผู้โดยสาร phu-doi-san
pick-up
N รถกระบะ รถบรรทุก เล็ก rod-kra-ba
pickaback
ADJ ที่อยู่ บน ไหล่ อยู่ บน หลัง pickapack pickpack ti-yu-bon-lai
pickaback
VI อยู่ บน ไหล่ อยู่ บน หลัง pickapack pickpack yu-bon-lai
pickaback
VT อยู่ บน ไหล่ อยู่ บน หลัง pickapack pickpack yu-bon-lai
pickaninny
N เด็ก นิโกร picaninny
pickax
N พลั่ว mattock pua
pickaxe
N พลั่ว mattock pua
picked
ADJ ซึ่ง ได้รับ การคัดเลือก เป็นพิเศษ chosen selected sueng-dai-rab-kan-kad-lueak-pen-pi-sed
picked
ADJ ยอดเยี่ยม excellent yod-yiam
picker
N ผู้ เก็บ นักล้วงกระเป๋า เครื่อง สาง ฝ้าย
pickerel
N ปลา เล็กๆ จำพวก Esox
picket
N ยาม ทหารยาม guard patrolman yam
picket
N เสา ปัก รั้ว เสาเข็ม pole pillar sao-pak-rua
picket
VT ล้อมรั้ว ปัก ไม้ เป็น รั้ว fence corral lom-rua
picket
VT เป็น ยาม pen-yam
picking
N กา รดีด สาย เครื่องดนตรี การ เลือก
pickings
N สิ่ง ที่ ถูก เลือก สิ่ง ที่ ได้รับ การ คัด สรร siang-ti-tuk-lueak
pickings
N สิ่ง ที่เก็บ ขึ้นมา ได้ profits earnings siang-ti-keb-kuan-ma-dai
pickings
N สิ่ง ที่ ได้มา อย่าง ทุจริต (เช่น เงินทอง หรือ สิ่งของ ต่างๆ siang-ti-dai-ma-yang-tu-ja-rid
pickle
N ของ ดอง อาหาร ดอง ผัก ดอง kong-dong
pickle
N น้ำเกลือ สำหรับ ดอง ของ solution formaldehyde solution nam-kua-sam-rab-dong-kong
pickle
N สถานการณ์ ยุ่งยาก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ สภาวะ ลำบาก impasse plight sa-ta-na-kanyung-yak
pickle
N สารละลาย สำหรับ จุ่ม โลหะ เพื่อ ขจัดคราบ ออกไซด์ san-la-lai-sam-rub-jum-lo-ha
pickle
VT ดอง หมัก แช่ เกลือ dong
pickled
ADJ ที่ หมักดอง perserved ti-mak-dong
picklepuss
SL เด็ก ที่ กำลังจะ ร้องไห้ dek-ti-kam-lang-ja-rong-hai
picklock
N เครื่องมือ ที่ ขโมย ใช้ ไข งัด กุญแจ krueg-mue-ti-ka-moi-chai-kai-ngad-kuan-jea
pickpocket
N นักล้วงกระเป๋า มือกาว mugger robber nak-luang-kra-pao
pickpocket
VT ล้วงกระเป๋า ขโมย luang-kra-pao
pickpurse
N นัก ล้วง
pickthank
N คน ประจบประแจง
pickup
N คนที่ รู้จัก ดดย บังเอิญ การ เก็บ ขึ้น
picky
ADJ จู้จี้ มาก จุกจิก มาก fussy unfussy ju-je-mak
picky
SL ช่าง เลือก chang-luek
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PICK
v.t.[L. pecto.] 1. To pull off or pluck with the fingers something that grows or adheres to another thing; to separate by the hand, as fruit from trees; as, to pick apples or oranges; to pick strawberries.
2. To pull off or separate with the teeth, beak or claws; as, to pick flesh from a bone; hence,
3. To clean by the teeth, fingers or claws, or by a small instrument, by separating something that adheres; as, to pick a bone; to pick the ears.
4. To take up; to cause or seek industriously; as, to pick a quarrel.
5. To separate or pull asunder; to pull into small parcels by the fingers; to separate locks for loosening and cleaning; as, to pick wool.
6. To pierce; to strike with a pointed instrument; as, to pick an apple with a pin.
7. To strike with the bill or beak; to puncture. In this sense, we generally use peck.
8. To steal by taking out with the fingers or hands; as, to pick the pocket.
9. To open by a pointed instrument; as, to pick a lock.
1 . To select; to cull; to separate particular things from others; as, to pick the best men from a company. In this sense, the word is often followed by out.
To pick off, to separate by the fingers or by a small pointed instrument.
To pick out, to select; to separate individuals from numbers.
To pick up, to take up with the fingers or beak; also, to take particular things here and there; to gather; to glean.
To pick a hole in one's coat, to find fault.
PICK
v.i.To eat slowly or by morsels; to nibble. 1. To do any thing nicely or by attending to small things.
PICK
n.A sharp pointed tool for digging or removing in small quantities. What the miners call chert and whern--is so hard that the picks will not touch it.
1. Choice; right of selection. You may have your pick.
2. Among printers, foul matter which collects on printing types from the balls, bad ink, or from the paper impressed.
PICKAPACK
adv. In manner of a pack. [Vulgar. ]
PICKAX
n.[pick and ax. ] An ax with a sharp point at tone end and a broad blade at the other.
PICKBACK
a.On the back.
PICKED
pp. Plucked off by the fingers, teeth or claws; cleaned by picking; opened by an instrument; selected.
PICKED, PIKED
a.Pointed; sharp. Let the stake be made picked at the top.
PICKEDNESS
n.State of being pointed at the end; sharpness. 1. Foppery; spruceness.
PICKEER
v.t. 1. To pillage; to pirate.
2. To skirmish, as soldiers on the outposts of an army, or in pillaging parties.
PICKER
n.One that picks or culls. 1. A pickax or instrument for picking or separating.
2. One that excites a quarrel between himself and another.
PICKEREL
n.[from pike. ] A small pike, a fish of the genus Esox.
PICKEREL-WEED
n.A plant supposed to breed pickerels.
PICKET
n.A stake sharpened or pointed; used in fortification and encampments. 1. A narrow board pointed; used in making fence.
2. A guard posted in front of an army to give notice of the approach of the enemy.
3. A game at cards. [See Piquet. ]
4. A punishment with consists in making the offender stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
PICKET
v.t.To fortify with pointed stakes. 1. To inclose or fence with narrow pointed boards.
2. To fasten to a picket.
PICKETED
pp. Fortified or inclosed with pickets.
PICKETING
ppr. Inclosing or fortifying with pickets.
PICKING
ppr. Pulling off with the fingers or teeth; selecting.
PICKING
n.The act of plucking; selection; gathering; gleaning.
PICKLE
n.Brine; a solution of salt and water, sometimes impregnated with spices, in which flesh, fish or other substance is preserved; as pickle for beef; pickle for capers or for cucumbers; pickle for herring. 1. A thing preserved in pickle.
2. A state of condition of difficulty or disorder; a word used in ridicule or contempt. You are in a fine pickle.
How cam'st thou in this pickle?
3. A parcel of land inclosed with a hedge. [Local. ]
PICKLE
v.t.To preserve in brine or pickle; as, to pickle herring. 1. To season in pickle.
2. To imbue highly with any thing bad; as a pickled rogue.
PICKLE-HERRING
n.A merry Andrew; a zany; a buffoon.
PICKLOCK
n.[pick and lock. ] An instrument for opening locks without the key. 1. A person who picks locks.
PICKNICK
n.An assembly where each person contributes to the entertainment.
PICKPOCKET
n.One who steals from the pocket of another.
PICKPURSE
n.One that steals from the purse of another.
PICKTHANK
n.An officious fellow who does what he is not desired to do, for the sake of gaining favor; a whispering parasite.
PICKTOOTH
n.An instrument for picking or cleaning the teeth. [But toothpick is more generally used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PICK
Pick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picked; p. pr. & vb. n. Picking. ] Etym: [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. Peck, v., Pike, Pitch to throw. ]
1. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. ] As high as I could pick my lance. Shak.
2. 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.
3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
4. To open (a lock ) as by a wire.
5. 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.
6. 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. Did you pick Master Slender's purse Shak. He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. Cowper.
7. 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. "One man picked out of ten thousand. " Shak.
8. 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.
9. To trim. [Obs. ] Chaucer. To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance. -- To pick a bone with. See under Bone. -- To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs. ] Robynson (More's Utopia ). -- To pick off. (a ) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b ) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy. -- To pick out. (a ) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. (b ) To select from a number or quantity. -- To pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [Colloq. ], to analyze; esp. , to criticize in detail. -- To pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel intentionally. -- To pick up. (a ) To take up, as with the fingers. (b ) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news. (c ) to acquire (an infectious disease ); as, to pick up a cold on the airplane. (d ) To meet (a person ) and induce to accompany one; as, to pick up a date at the mall. [See several other defs in MW1 ]
PICK
PICK Pick, v. i.
1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. Why stand'st thou picking Is thy palate sore Dryden.
2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
3. To steal; to pilfer. "To keep my hands from picking and stealing. " Book of Com. Prayer. To pick up, to improve by degrees; as, he is picking up in health or business. [Colloq. U.S.]
PICK
Pick, n. Etym: [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See Pick, and cf. Pike. ]
1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
2. (Mining & Mech. )
Defn: 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.
3. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. [Obs. ] "Take down my buckler. .. and grind the pick on 't." Beau. & Fl.
4. Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. France and Russia have the pick of our stables. Ld. Lytton.
5. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
6. (Print. )
Defn: 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. MacKellar.
7. (Painting )
Defn: That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
8. (Weawing )
Defn: 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. Pick dressing (Arch. ), in cut stonework, a facing made by a pointed tool, leaving the surface in little pits or depressions. -- Pick hammer, a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt, used by miners.
PICKABACK
PICKABACK Pick "a *back `, adv.
Defn: On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack. ] A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.
PICKANINNY
Pick "a *nin `ny, n.; pl. Pickaninnies. Etym: [Cf. Sp. pequeño little, young. ]
Defn: A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S. & West Indies ]
PICKAPACK
PICKAPACK Pick "a *pack `, adv.
Defn: Pickaback.
PICKAX; PICKAXE
Pick "ax `, Pick "axe `, n. Etym: [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F.picois, fr. pic. See Pick, n.]
Defn: A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. Shak.
PICKBACK
PICKBACK Pick "back `, adv.
Defn: On the back.
PICKED
PICKED Pick "ed, a.
1. Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished. " Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs. ] Shak. Picked dogfish. (Zoöl.) See under Dogfish. -- Picked out, ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red.
PICKEDNESS
PICKEDNESS Pick "ed *ness, n.
1. The state of being sharpened; pointedness.
2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness. [Obs. ] Too much pickedness is not manly. B. Jonson.
PICKEER
Pick *eer ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. & vb. n.Pickeering.] Etym: [F. picorer to go marauding, orig. , to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.]
Defn: To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs. ] Bp. Burnet.
PICKEERER
PICKEERER Pick *eer "er, n.
Defn: One who pickeers. [Obs. ]
PICKER
Pick "er, n. Etym: [From Pick. ]
1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.
2. (Mach. )
Defn: A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
3. (Weaving )
Defn: The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
4. (Ordnance )
Defn: A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
PICKEREL
Pick "er *el, n. Etym: [Dim. of Pike. ] [Written also pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs. ] Bet [better ] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.) (a ) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species. (b ) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus ) and the brook pickerel (E. Americanus ) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. Pickerel weed (Bot. ), a blue-flowered aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata ) having large arrow- shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found.
PICKERING
Pick "er *ing, n. Etym: [Probably a corruption of Pickerel. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sauger of the St. Lawrence River.
PICKERY
Pick "er *y, n. Etym: [From Pick to steal; or perhaps from Pickeer. ]
Defn: Petty theft. [Scot. ] Holinshed.
PICKET
Pick "et, n. Etym: [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See Pike, and cf. Piquet. ]
1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
3. Etym: [Probably so called from the picketing of the horses.] (Mil. )
Defn: A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
4. By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance. [Cant ]
5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
6. A game at cards. See Piquet. Inlying picket (Mil. ), a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters, detailed to march if called upon. -- Picket fence, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above. -- Picket guard (Mil. ), a guard of horse and foot, always in readiness in case of alarm. -- Picket line. (Mil. ) (a ) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals. (b ) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed. -- Picketpin, an iron pin for picketing horses.
PICKET
Pick "et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Picketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Picketing. ]
1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. [Obs. ]
PICKETEE
PICKETEE Pick `e *tee ", n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Picotee.
PICK-FAULT
PICK-FAULT Pick "-fault `, n.
Defn: One who seeks out faults.
PICKING
PICKING Pick "ing, n.
1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
5. pl.
Defn: The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng. ] Simmonds.
6. (Mining )
Defn: Rough sorting of ore.
7. Overburned bricks. Simmonds.
PICKING
PICKING Pick "ing, a.
1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
2. Nice; careful. [Obs. ] was too warm on picking work to dwell. Dryden. Picking peg. (Weaving ) See Picker, n., 3.
PICKLE
PICKLE Pic "kle, n. [Obs. ]
Defn: See Picle.
PICKLE
Pic "kle, n. Etym: [Cf. D. pekel. Probably a dim. fr. Pick, v. t.,alluding to the cleaning of the fish. ]
1. (a ) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc. , may be preserved or corned; brine. (b ) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
2. Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
3. (Founding )
Defn: A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc. , to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc. , from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.
4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. [Colloq. ] To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle " Shak. -- To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.
PICKLE
Pic "kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pickling. ]
1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
PICKLED
PICKLED Pic "kled, a.
Defn: Preserved in a pickle.
PICKLE-HERRING
PICKLE-HERRING Pic "kle-her "ring, n.
1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. [Obs. ] Shak.
2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [Obs. ] Addison.
PICKLER
PICKLER Pic "kler, n.
Defn: One who makes pickles.
PICKLOCK
PICKLOCK Pick "lock `, n.
1. An instrument for picking locks. Shak.
2. One who picks locks; a thief. "A picklock of secrets." Jer. Taylor.
PICK-ME-UP
PICK-ME-UP Pick "-me-up `, n.
Defn: A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq. ]
PICKMIRE
Pick "mire `, n. Etym: [So called from its picking its food from the mire. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pewit, or black-headed gull. [Prov. Eng. ]
PICKNICK
PICKNICK Pick "nick, n.
Defn: See Picnic.
PICKPACK
PICKPACK Pick "pack `, adv.
Defn: Pickaback.
PICKPENNY
Pick "pen `ny, n.; pl. Pickpennies (.
Defn: A miser; also, a sharper. Dr. H. More.
PICKPOCKET
PICKPOCKET Pick "pock `et, n.
Defn: One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley.
PICKPURSE
PICKPURSE Pick "purse `, n.
Defn: One who steals purses, or money from purses. Latimer. Shak.
PICKSY
PICKSY Pick "sy, n.
Defn: See Pixy.
PICKTHANK
PICKTHANK Pick "thank `, n.
Defn: One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak.
PICKTOOTH
PICKTOOTH Pick "tooth `, n.
Defn: A toothpick. [Obs. ] Swift.
PICK-UP; PICKUP
PICK-UP; PICKUP Pick "-up, or Pick "up `, n. [Colloq. , Cant. or Slang ]
1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
2. That which picks up; specif. : (Elec.)
Defn: = Brush b.
3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pick
pick 1 |pik pɪk | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] take hold of and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable ) from where it is growing: I went to pick some flowers for Jenny's room | (as adj. with submodifier picked ) : freshly picked mushrooms. • take hold of and lift or move: he picked a match out of the box | picking her up, he carried her into the next room. • [ no obj. ] (pick up ) Golf lift up one's ball, esp. when conceding a hole. 2 [ with obj. ] choose (someone or something ) from a number of alternatives, typically after careful thought: maybe I picked the wrong career after all | she left Jed to pick out some toys | [ no obj. ] : this time, I get to pick. • (pick one's way ) [ with adverbial of direction ] walk slowly and carefully, selecting the best or safest places to put one's feet: he picked his way along the edge of the track, avoiding the potholes. 3 [ no obj. ] repeatedly pull at something with one's fingers: the old woman was picking at the sheet. • [ with obj. ] make (a hole ) in fabric by doing this. • eat food or a meal in small amounts or without much appetite: she picked at her breakfast. • [ with obj. ] remove unwanted matter from (one's nose or teeth ) by using one's finger or a pointed instrument. • criticize someone in a niggling way: now, please don't start picking at Ruth. 4 [ with obj. ] pluck the strings of (a guitar or banjo ). • (pick something out ) play a tune on such an instrument slowly or with difficulty: she began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] an act or the right of selecting something from among a group of alternatives: take your pick from our extensive menu | Laura should have first pick. • (the pick of ) informal the person or thing perceived as the best in a particular group: he was the pick of the bunch. • someone or something that has been selected: the club made him their first pick. 2 Basketball an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler, allowing an open shot. PHRASES pick and choose select only the best or most desirable from among a number of alternatives. pick someone's brains (or brain ) informal obtain information by questioning someone who is better informed about a subject than oneself. pick something clean completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass. pick one's feet up raise one's feet clear of the ground when walking. pick a fight (or quarrel ) talk or behave in such a way as to provoke an argument or fight. pick holes in find fault with. pick a lock open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key. pick someone's pockets steal something surreptitiously from another person's pocket. pick someone /something to pieces (or apart ) criticize someone or something severely and in detail. pick up the pieces restore one's life or a situation to a more normal state, typically after a shock or disaster. pick up the threads resume something that has been interrupted. PHRASAL VERBS pick someone /something off shoot a member of a group of people or things, aiming carefully from a distance. • Baseball put out a runner by a pickoff. pick on repeatedly single (someone ) out for blame, criticism, or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair. pick someone /something out distinguish someone or something among a group of people or things: Lester picked out two familiar voices. • (of a light ) illuminate an object by shining directly on it. • (usu. be picked out ) distinguish shapes or letters from their surroundings by painting or fashioning them in a contrasting color or medium: the initials are picked out in diamonds. pick something over (or pick through ) examine or sort through a number of items carefully: they picked through the charred remains of their home. pick up become better; improve: my luck's picked up. • become stronger; increase: the wind has picked up. pick oneself up stand up again after a fall. pick someone up go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car and according to a prior arrangement. • stop for someone and take them into one's vehicle or vessel. • informal arrest someone. • informal casually strike up a relationship with someone one has never met before, as a sexual overture. • make someone feel more energetic and cheerful: songs to pick you up and make you feel good. pick something up 1 collect something that has been left elsewhere: Wanda came over to pick up her things. • informal pay the bill for something, esp. when others have contributed to the expense: as usual, we had to pick up the tab . • tidy a room or building. 2 obtain, acquire, or learn something, esp. without formal arrangements or instruction: he had picked up a little Russian from his father. • catch an illness or infection. 3 detect or receive a signal or sound, esp. by means of electronic apparatus. • (also pick up on ) become aware of or sensitive to something: she is very quick to pick up emotional atmospheres. • find and take a particular road or route. 4 (also pick up ) resume something: they picked up their friendship without the slightest difficulty. • (also pick up on ) refer to or develop a point or topic mentioned earlier: Dawson picked up her earlier remark. • (of an object or color ) attractively accentuate the color of something else by being of a similar shade. pick up after tidy up things left strewn around by (someone ).DERIVATIVES pick a ble |ˈpikəbəl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use ): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck, ’ and German picken ‘peck, puncture, ’ also with French piquer ‘to prick. ’
pick
pick 2 |pɪk pik | ▶noun 1 a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock. • short for ice pick. 2 an instrument for picking: an ebony hair pick. • informal a plectrum: a pink guitar pick. • short for toothpick. ORIGIN Middle English: variant of pike 2 .
pickaback
pick a back |ˈpikəˌbak ˈpɪkəbæk | ▶noun, adverb, adjective, & verb old-fashioned term for piggyback.
pick-and-mix
pick-and-mix (also pick 'n' mix ) ▶adjective Brit. denoting a method of assembling something by choosing items from among a large variety of different possibilities: enjoy the freedom and choice of our pick-and-mix holidays.
pickaninny
pick a nin ny |ˈpikəˌninē ˈpɪkənɪni |(also picaninny or chiefly Brit. piccaninny ) ▶noun ( pl. pickaninnies ) offensive a small black child. ▶adjective archaic very small. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from West Indian Creole, from Spanish pequeño or Portuguese pequeno ‘little, ’ pequenino ‘tiny. ’
pickax
pick ax |ˈpikˌaks ˈpɪkæks |(also pickaxe ) ▶noun another term for pick 2 ( sense 1 ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] break or strike with a pickax. ORIGIN Middle English pikoys, from Old French picois; related to pike 2 .
pickelhaube
pickelhaube |ˈpɪk (ə )lˌ (h )aʊbə | ▶noun historical a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers. ORIGIN German.
picker
pick er |ˈpikər ˈpɪkər | ▶noun [ usu. with modifier ] a person or machine that gathers or collects something: a tomato picker. • a person who plays a plucked instrument, esp. a guitar, banjo, or mandolin: a capable singer, writer, and picker.
pickerel
pick er el |ˈpik (ə )rəl ˈpɪkərəl | ▶noun ( pl. same or pickerels ) a small North American pike. [Genus Esox, family Esocidae: several species, including the grass (or redfin ) pickerel (E. americanus ).] • a young pike. ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of pike 1 .
pickerelweed
pick er el weed |ˈpik (ə )rəlˌwēd ˈpɪkərəlwid | ▶noun a freshwater plant with broad arrow-shaped leaves and spikes of blue flowers that was formerly believed to give rise to, or provide food for, young pike. [● Pontederia cordata, family Pontederiaceae. ]
Pickering, John
Pick er ing, John |ˈpik (ə )riNG ˈpɪkərɪŋ | (1777 –1846 ), US linguist and lexicographer; son of Timothy Pickering. He wrote the first dictionary of Americanisms 1816 and studied the languages of North American Indians.
Pickering, Timothy
Pick er ing, Timothy |ˈpik (ə )riNG ˈpɪkərɪŋ | (1745 –1829 ), US government official. He was the US secretary of war 1795 and secretary of state 1795 –1800, as well as a member of the US Senate 1803 –11 and US House of Representatives 1813 –17.
Pickering, William Hayward
Pick er ing, William Hayward |ˈpɪk (ə )rɪŋ ˈpik (ə )riNG | (1910 –2004 ), US engineer, born in Australia; director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ) at the California Institute of Technology 1954 –76. During his directorate the JPL launched the US ’s first satellite, Explorer I, in 1958.
picket
pick et |ˈpikit ˈpɪkɪt | ▶noun 1 a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting about something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. • a blockade of a workplace or other venue staged by such a person or group. 2 a soldier or party of soldiers performing a particular duty: a picket of soldiers fired a volley over the coffin. 3 [ usu. as modifier ] a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground, typically to form a fence or palisade or to tether a horse: a cedar-picket stockade. See also picket fence. ▶verb ( pickets, picketing , picketed ) [ with obj. ] act as a picket outside (a place of work or other venue ): strikers picketed the newspaper's main building | [ no obj. ] : 18,000 people turned up to picket. DERIVATIVES pick et er noun ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a pointed stake, on which a soldier was required to stand on one foot as a military punishment ): from French piquet ‘pointed stake, ’ from piquer ‘to prick, ’ from pic ‘pike. ’
picket fence
pick et fence ▶noun a wooden fence made of spaced uprights connected by two or more horizontal rails.
picket line
pick et line |ˈpɪkɪt ˌlaɪn | ▶noun a boundary established by workers on strike, esp. at the entrance to the place of work, that others are asked not to cross.
Pickett, George E.
Pick ett, George E. |ˈpikit ˈpɪkɪt | (1825 –75 ), US army officer; full name George Edward Pickett. Last in the West Point class of 1846, he was a distinguished Confederate general during the Civil War. In July 1863, at Gettysburg, under orders, he led a disastrous charge across an open field that became known as “Pickett's Charge. ”
Pickford, Mary
Pick ford, Mary |ˈpikfərd ˈpɪkfərd | (1893 –1979 ), US actress, born in Canada; born Gladys Mary Smith. A star of silent movies, she usually played the innocent young heroine, as in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 ) and Pollyanna (1920 ). With Douglas Fairbanks, her husband from 1919 to 1936, she was a cofounder of United Artists in 1919.
pickings
pick ings |ˈpikiNGz ˈpɪkɪŋz | ▶plural noun 1 profits or gains that are made effortlessly or dishonestly, as by picking: thieves found easy pickings from garages and garden sheds | he found, as strays often do, slim pickings . 2 remaining scraps or leftovers.
pickle
pick le |ˈpikəl ˈpɪkəl | ▶noun 1 a small cucumber preserved in vinegar, brine, or a similar solution. • any food preserved in this way and used as a relish. • the liquid used to preserve food or other perishable items. • an acid solution for cleaning metal objects. 2 [ in sing. ] informal a difficult or messy situation: I am in a pickle . ▶verb [ with obj. ] preserve (food or other perishable items ) in vinegar, brine, or a similar solution: chunks of green tomatoes pickled in brine. • immerse (a metal object ) in an acid or other chemical solution for cleaning. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a spicy sauce served with meat ): from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German pekel, of unknown ultimate origin.
pickled
pick led |ˈpikəld ˈpɪkəld | ▶adjective (of food ) preserved in vinegar or brine: pickled onions. • [ predic. ] informal drunk.
pickled fish
pickled fish ▶noun [ mass noun ] a traditional South African dish of fish prepared with onions in a vinegar sauce and flavoured with curry powder, turmeric, and other spices.
pickler
pick ler |ˈpik (ə )lər ˈpɪkələr | ▶noun a vegetable or fruit suitable for pickling.
pickling
pick ling |ˈpik (ə )liNG ˈpɪkəlɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of food ) suitable for being pickled or used in making pickles.
picklock
pick lock |ˈpikˌläk ˈpɪklɑk | ▶noun a person who picks locks. • an instrument for picking locks.
pick-me-up
pick-me-up |ˈpɪk mi ˌəp | ▶noun informal a thing that makes one feel more energetic or cheerful: ginseng has long been used as a pick-me-up | your letter was just the pick-me-up I needed.
pickney
pick ney |ˈpiknē ˈpɪkni | ▶noun black English a child: me and the pickney have to survive some way. Compare with pickaninny. ORIGIN contraction of pickaninny .
pickoff
pick off |ˈpikˌôf, ˈpikˌäf ˈpɪkˌɔf | ▶noun Baseball the putout of a runner leading off base, involving an unexpected throw to a base by the pitcher or the catcher while the batter is still at bat.
pickpocket
pick pock et |ˈpikˌpäkət ˈpɪkˌpɑkət | ▶noun a person who steals from other people's pockets. ▶verb [ with obj. ] steal from the pockets of (someone ): she stopped in New Orleans where she skillfully pickpocketed tourists. [ no obj. ] : an elderly man caught pickpocketing in Times Square.
Pick's disease
Pick's dis ease |piks ˈpɪks dɪˌziz | ▶noun a rare form of progressive dementia, typically occurring in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after Arnold Pick (1851 –1924 ), Bohemian neurologist.
pickup
pick up |ˈpikˌəp ˈpɪkˌəp | ▶noun 1 (also pickup truck ) a small truck with an enclosed cab and open back. 2 an act of collecting a person or goods, esp. in a vehicle: curbside pickup | [ as modifier ] : travel by bus from your local pickup point to your hotel. 3 the reception of signals, esp. interference or noise, by electrical apparatus. 4 informal a casual encounter with someone, with a view to having a sexual relationship. • a person met in such an encounter. 5 an improvement in an economic indicator: signs of a pickup in demand. 6 a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change, in particular: • the cartridge of a record player, carrying the stylus. • a device on a musical instrument, particularly an electric guitar, that converts sound vibrations into electrical signals for amplification. 7 Music a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune. 8 Fishing a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back onto the spool as it is reeled in. ▶adjective informal and spontaneous: six players had started a full-court pickup basketball game.
Pickwickian
Pick wick i an |pikˈwikēən pɪkˈwɪkiən | ▶adjective of or like Mr. Pickwick in Dickens's Pickwick Papers, esp. in being jovial, plump, or generous. • (of words or their senses ) misunderstood or misused; not literally meant, esp. to avoid offense.
picky
pick y |ˈpikē ˈpɪki | ▶adjective ( pickier, pickiest ) informal fastidious, esp. excessively so: she had been a picky eater as a child. DERIVATIVES pick i ness |-ēnis |noun
pick-your-own
pick-your-own |ˈpɪk ˌjə ˈroʊn | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] of or relating to a system in which commercially grown fruit or vegetables are picked by the customer for purchase at the place of production.
Oxford Dictionary
pick
pick 1 |pɪk | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] take hold of and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable ) from where it is growing: I went to pick some flowers for Jenny's room. • [ with obj. and adverbial ] take hold of and lift or move: he picked a match out of the ashtray | picking her up, he carried her from the room. • [ no obj. ] (pick up ) Golf take hold of and lift up one's ball, especially when conceding a hole. 2 [ with obj. ] choose (someone or something ) from a number of alternatives: maybe I picked the wrong career | he was picked for the England squad | [ no obj. ] : Maggie picked on a nice reliable chap. • (pick one's way ) [ with adverbial of direction ] walk slowly and carefully, selecting the best places to put one's feet: he picked his way along the track, avoiding the potholes. 3 [ no obj. ] repeatedly pull at something with one's fingers: the old woman was picking at the sheet. • eat food in small amounts or without much appetite: she picked at her breakfast. • [ with obj. ] remove unwanted matter from (one's nose or teeth ) by using one's finger or a pointed instrument. • criticize someone in a petty way: don't start picking at Ruth. 4 [ with obj. ] pluck the strings of (a guitar or banjo ). ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] an act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives: take your pick from our extensive menu | Laura should have first pick. • (the pick of ) informal the person or thing perceived as the best in a group: he was the pick of the bunch. • someone or something that has been selected: the club made him their first pick. 2 Basketball an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler. PHRASES pick and choose select only the best from a number of alternatives. pick someone's brains (or brain ) informal obtain information by questioning someone who is better informed about a subject than oneself. pick something clean completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass. pick one's feet up raise one's feet clear of the ground when walking. pick a fight (or quarrel ) talk or behave in such a way as to provoke a fight or argument. pick holes in find fault with. pick a lock open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key. pick someone's pockets steal something surreptitiously from someone's pocket. pick someone /thing to pieces (or apart ) criticize someone or something severely. pick up the pieces restore one's life or a situation to a more normal state after a shock or disaster. pick up the threads resume something that has been interrupted. PHRASAL VERBS pick someone /thing off shoot a member of a group, aiming carefully from a distance. • Baseball put out a runner by throwing the ball to a base. pick on repeatedly single (someone ) out for criticism or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair. pick someone /thing out 1 distinguish someone or something from a group: Lester picked out two familiar voices. • (of a light ) illuminate an object by shining directly on it. • highlight or accentuate something from its surroundings by painting or fashioning it in a contrasting colour or medium: the initials are picked out in diamonds. 2 play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty: she began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar. pick something over (or pick through ) sort through a number of items carefully: they picked through the charred remains of their home. pick up 1 become better; improve: my luck's picked up. • become stronger; increase: the wind has picked up. 2 answer a telephone call. pick someone up 1 go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car. • stop for someone to board a train, boat, etc. • informal arrest someone. 2 informal casually strike up a relationship with a stranger as a sexual overture. 3 return to a point made by someone in order to criticize it: she picked him up on one niggling point. 4 make someone feel more energetic and cheerful: songs to pick you up and make you feel good. pick something up 1 collect something that has been left elsewhere: Wanda came over to pick up her things. 2 obtain, acquire, or learn something, especially in an informal way: he had picked up a little Russian from his father. • catch an illness or infection. 3 detect or receive a signal or sound, especially by means of electronic apparatus. • (also pick up on ) become aware of or sensitive to something: women are very quick to pick up emotional atmospheres. 4 (also pick up ) resume something: they picked up their friendship without the slightest difficulty. • (also pick up on ) refer to or develop a point mentioned earlier: Dawson picked up her earlier remark. 5 informal pay the bill for something. 6 find and take a particular road or route. 7 N. Amer. tidy a room or building. pick up after chiefly US tidy up things left strewn around by (someone ).DERIVATIVES pickable adjective, picker noun ORIGIN Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use ): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck ’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture ’, also with French piquer ‘to prick ’.
pick
pick 2 |pɪk | ▶noun 1 a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock. 2 an instrument for picking: an ebony hair pick. • informal a plectrum. ORIGIN Middle English: variant of pike 2 .
pickaback
pick |aback |ˈpɪkəbak | ▶noun, adverb, & verb old-fashioned term for piggyback.
pick-and-mix
pick-and-mix (also pick 'n' mix ) ▶adjective Brit. denoting a method of assembling something by choosing items from among a large variety of different possibilities: enjoy the freedom and choice of our pick-and-mix holidays.
pickaninny
picka |ninny ▶noun US spelling of piccaninny.
pickaxe
pickaxe |ˈpɪkaks |(US also pickax ) ▶noun another term for pick 2 ( sense 1 ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] break or strike with a pickaxe. ORIGIN Middle English pikoys, from Old French picois; related to pike 2. The change in the ending was due to association with axe .
pickelhaube
pickelhaube |ˈpɪk (ə )lˌ (h )aʊbə | ▶noun historical a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers. ORIGIN German.
pickerel
pickerel |ˈpɪk (ə )r (ə )l | ▶noun ( pl. same or pickerels ) a small pike occurring in North America. ●Genus Esox, family Esocidae: several species, including the redfin (or grass ) pickerel (E. americanus ). • a young pike. ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of pike 1 .
pickerelweed
pick ¦erel |weed |ˈpɪkərəlˌwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] either of two broadleaved freshwater plants which were formerly believed to give rise to, or provide food for, young pike. ● a North American plant with spikes of blue flowers (Pontederia cordata, family Pontederiaceae ). ● Brit. dialect term for pondweed .
Pickering, John
Pick er ing, John |ˈpik (ə )riNG ˈpɪkərɪŋ | (1777 –1846 ), US linguist and lexicographer; son of Timothy Pickering. He wrote the first dictionary of Americanisms 1816 and studied the languages of North American Indians.
Pickering, Timothy
Pick er ing, Timothy |ˈpik (ə )riNG ˈpɪkərɪŋ | (1745 –1829 ), US government official. He was the US secretary of war 1795 and secretary of state 1795 –1800, as well as a member of the US Senate 1803 –11 and US House of Representatives 1813 –17.
Pickering, William Hayward
Pickering, William Hayward |ˈpɪkərɪŋ | (1910 –2004 ), New Zealand-born American engineer, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology 1954 –76. During his directorate the laboratory launched America's first satellite, Explorer I (1958 ), and several unmanned probes to the moon and planets.
picket
picket |ˈpɪkɪt | ▶noun 1 a person or group of people who stand outside a workplace or other venue as a protest or to try to persuade others not to enter during a strike. • a blockade of a workplace or other venue staged by a picket. 2 (also picquet ) a soldier or small group of soldiers performing a particular duty, especially one sent out to watch for the enemy. 3 [ usu. as modifier ] a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground, typically to form a fence or to tether a horse. ▶verb ( pickets, picketing, picketed ) [ with obj. ] act as a picket outside (a workplace or other venue ): strikers picketed the newspaper's main building. DERIVATIVES picketer noun ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a pointed stake, on which a soldier was required to stand on one foot as a military punishment ): from French piquet ‘pointed stake ’, from piquer ‘to prick ’, from pic ‘pike ’.
picket fence
picket fence ▶noun a wooden fence made of spaced uprights connected by two or more horizontal rails. • N. Amer. a picket fence as a symbol of middle-class domesticity and contentment: we'd get a house with a white picket fence, and a dog, and have two kids.
picket line
picket line ▶noun a boundary established by workers on strike, especially at the entrance to the place of work, which others are asked not to cross.
Pickett, George E.
Pick ett, George E. |ˈpikit ˈpɪkɪt | (1825 –75 ), US army officer; full name George Edward Pickett. Last in the West Point class of 1846, he was a distinguished Confederate general during the Civil War. In July 1863, at Gettysburg, under orders, he led a disastrous charge across an open field that became known as “Pickett's Charge. ”
Pickford, Mary
Pick |ford |ˈpɪkfəd | (1893 –1979 ), Canadian-born American actress; born Gladys Mary Smith. She was a star of silent films such as Pollyanna (1920 ). She also co-founded United Artists (1919 ).
pickings
pick |ings |ˈpɪkɪŋz | ▶plural noun 1 profits or gains that are made effortlessly or dishonestly: thieves found easy pickings in the underprotected bedsits. 2 remaining scraps or leftovers.
pickle
pickle |ˈpɪk (ə )l | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine. • [ count noun ] N. Amer. a pickled cucumber. • liquid used to preserve food or other perishable items. 2 [ in sing. ] informal a difficult situation: I am in a pickle . 3 [ in sing. ] Brit. informal, dated used as an affectionate form of address to a mischievous child. 4 an acid solution for cleaning metal objects. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 preserve (food or other perishable items ) in vinegar or brine: fish pickled in brine. 2 immerse (a metal object ) in an acid or other chemical solution for cleaning. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a spicy sauce served with meat ): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel, of unknown ultimate origin.
pickled
pickled |ˈpɪk (ə )ld | ▶adjective 1 (of food ) preserved in vinegar or brine: pickled onions. 2 [ predic. ] informal drunk.
pickled fish
pickled fish ▶noun [ mass noun ] a traditional South African dish of fish prepared with onions in a vinegar sauce and flavoured with curry powder, turmeric, and other spices.
pickler
pick |ler |ˈpɪk (ə )lə | ▶noun a vegetable or fruit suitable for pickling.
pickling
pick |ling |ˈpɪk (ə )lɪŋ | ▶adjective (of food ) suitable for being pickled or used in making pickles: pickling onions.
picklock
pick |lock |ˈpɪklɒk | ▶noun a person who picks locks. • an instrument for picking locks.
pick-me-up
pick-me-up ▶noun informal a thing that makes one feel more energetic or cheerful: ginseng has long been used as a pick-me-up.
pickney
pickney |ˈpɪkni | ▶noun black English a child: me and the pickney have to survive some way. ORIGIN contraction of piccaninny .
pick 'n' mix
pick 'n' mix ▶adjective variant of pick-and-mix.
pickoff
pick |off |ˈpɪkɒf | ▶noun 1 Baseball an act of catching a runner off base, involving a sudden throw of the ball to that base by the pitcher or catcher. 2 a device in the control or guidance system of an aircraft or boat which emits or alters an electrical, optical, or pneumatic output in response to a change in motion.
pickpocket
pick |pocket |ˈpɪkpɒkɪt | ▶noun a person who steals from people's pockets. ▶verb [ with obj. ] steal from the pockets of (someone ): I think someone pickpocketed me in Brighton on my way to the station | (as noun pickpocketing ) : crimes such as pickpocketing.
Pick's disease
Pick's dis |ease ▶noun [ mass noun ] a rare form of progressive dementia, typically in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after Arnold Pick (1851 –1924 ), Bohemian neurologist.
pickup
pick |up |ˈpɪkʌp | ▶noun 1 (also pickup truck ) a small van or truck with low sides. 2 an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle. 3 informal a casual encounter with a stranger with a view to having sexual intercourse. • a person encountered with a view to having sexual intercourse. 4 an improvement, especially in an economy: a pickup in demand. 5 a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change, in particular: • the cartridge of a record player, carrying the stylus. • a device on an electric guitar which converts sound vibrations into electrical signals for amplification. 6 [ mass noun ] the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus. 7 Music a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune. 8 Fishing a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] N. Amer. informal informal and spontaneous: a pickup basketball game.
Pickwickian
Pickwickian |pɪkˈwɪkɪən | ▶adjective of or like Mr Pickwick in Dickens's Pickwick Papers, especially in being jovial, plump, or generous. • (of words ) misunderstood or misused, especially to avoid offence.
picky
picky |ˈpɪki | ▶adjective ( pickier, pickiest ) informal fussy and hard to please: they are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay. DERIVATIVES pickiness noun
pick-your-own
pick-your-own ▶adjective relating to a system in which commercially grown fruit or vegetables are dug or picked by the customer for purchase at the place of production.
American Oxford Thesaurus
pick
pick verb 1 I got a job picking apples: harvest, gather (in ), collect, pluck; literary cull. 2 pick the time that suits you best: choose, select, pick out, single out, take, opt for, elect, decide on, settle on, fix on, sift out, sort out; name, nominate. 3 Beth picked at her food: nibble (at ), toy with, play with, eat like a bird. 4 people were picking guitars and singing: strum, twang, thrum, pluck. 5 he tried to pick a fight: provoke, start, cause, incite, stir up, whip up, instigate, prompt, bring about. ▶noun 1 take your pick: choice, selection, option, decision; preference, favorite. 2 the pick of the crop: best, finest, top, choice, choicest, prime, cream, flower, prize, pearl, gem, jewel, jewel in the crown, crème de la crème, elite. PHRASES pick on why don't you pick on somebody your own size? bully, victimize, tyrannize, torment, persecute, criticize, harass, hound, taunt, tease; informal get at, have it in for, be down on, needle. pick out 1 one painting was picked out for special mention: choose, select, single out, opt for, decide on, elect, settle on, fix on, sift out, sort out; name, nominate. 2 she picked out Jessica in the crowd: see, make out, distinguish, discern, spot, perceive, detect, notice, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse; literary espy, behold, descry. pick up 1 business has really picked up: improve, recover, be on the road to recovery, rally, make a comeback, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the /a corner, be on the mend, make headway, make progress. 2 they teach you the proper way to pick up heavy boxes: lift, take up, raise, hoist, scoop up, gather up, snatch up. 3 I'll pick you up after lunch: fetch, collect, call for. 4 informal she was picked up by the police: arrest, apprehend, detain, take into custody, seize; informal nab, run in, bust. 5 we picked it up at a thrift store: find, discover, come across, stumble across, happen on, chance on; acquire, obtain, come by, get, procure; purchase, buy; informal get hold of, get /lay one's hands on, get one's mitts on, bag, land. 6 she picked up a virus: catch, contract, get, come down with. 7 he told us the bits of gossip he'd picked up: hear, hear tell, get wind of, be told, learn; glean, garner. 8 we're picking up a distress signal: receive, detect, get, hear.
picket
picket noun 1 forty pickets were arrested: striker, demonstrator, protester, objector, picketer. 2 fences made of cedar pickets: stake, post, paling; upright, stanchion, piling. ▶verb over 200 people picketed the factory: demonstrate at, protest at, strike at, form a picket at, man the picket line at; blockade, shut off.
pickle
pickle noun informal they got into a real pickle over this one: plight, predicament, mess, difficulty, trouble, dire /desperate straits, problem, quandary; informal tight corner, tight spot, jam, fix, scrape, bind, hole, hot water, fine kettle of fish. ▶verb fish pickled in brine: preserve, souse, marinate, conserve.
pick-me-up
pick-me-up noun 1 a drink that's a good pick-me-up: tonic, restorative, energizer, stimulant, refresher, reviver; informal bracer; Medicine analeptic. 2 his winning goal was a perfect pick-me-up: boost, boost to the spirits, fillip, stimulant, stimulus; informal shot in the arm.
pickpocket
pickpocket noun a crowded outdoor event is a pickpocket's playground: thief, petty thief, purse-snatcher, sneak thief; archaic cutpurse.
Oxford Thesaurus
pick
pick verb 1 he lives on a fruit farm and helps to pick apples: harvest, gather (in ), collect, take in, pluck, pull, dig, crop, reap, bring home; literary glean, garner, cull. 2 pick the time that suits you best: choose, select, pick out, single out, include, hand-pick, decide on, settle on, fix on; sift out, sort out, take, prefer, favour, opt for, plump for, vote for, elect, name, nominate, adopt, designate, assign, appoint, allot, identify, specify, mention, cite. ANTONYMS reject, discard. 3 Beth only picked at her food: nibble, peck, eat listlessly, toy with, play with, take very small bites from, push one's food around (on ) one's plate, eat like a bird, show no appetite for, eat sparingly of. 4 people were singing and picking guitars: strum, twang, thrum, pluck, finger. 5 he had taught them how to pick a lock: force open, break open, prise open, open without a key, break into; informal jemmy, crack. 6 she was trying to pick a fight with him: provoke, start, cause, incite, invite, foment, stir up, whip up, encourage, kindle, instigate, excite, prompt, bring about. PHRASES pick holes in the judge picked holes in the prosecution's case: find fault with, quarrel with, fault, criticize, argue with /against, take exception to, attack, take issue with, find lacking, impugn, contradict, dispute, rebut, complain about, cavil at, carp at, object to, be hostile to; informal knock; formal gainsay; rare controvert. pick someone /something off the soldiers were picked off by a sniper: shoot (down ), gun down, fire at, hit, put a bullet in; fell, bring down, take out, kill, bag, wound, injure; informal pot, zap, plug; literary slay. pick on why don't you pick on somebody else? bully, victimize, tyrannize, torment, persecute; criticize, grumble at, discriminate against; badger, bait, goad, tease; informal get at, have it in for, have a down on, be down on, needle. pick something out 1 it's impossible to pick out any single painting for praise: choose, select, pick, single out, hand-pick, decide on, settle on, fix on; sift out, sort out, take, prefer, favour, opt for, plump for, vote for, elect, name, nominate, adopt, designate, assign, appoint, allot, identify, specify, mention, cite. 2 it was difficult to pick out anything in the torrential rain: see, discern, spot, distinguish, perceive, make out, detect, notice, observe, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse, discover; literary espy, behold, descry. pick up 1 the Japanese economy will soon pick up again: improve, get better, recover, mend, be on the road to recovery, rally, make a comeback, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the /a corner, be given /take on a new lease of life, be on the mend, develop, make headway, progress, make progress, advance. 2 the wind began to pick up: get stronger, strengthen, become more powerful, blow up. pick someone /something up bend at the knees to pick up a bulky object: lift, take up, raise, hoist, scoop up, gather up, seize, snatch up, grab. pick someone up 1 be sure to pick up Kirsty from school: fetch, collect, go to get, go /come and get, call for, go /come for; give someone a lift, give someone a ride. 2 informal he was picked up by the police for questioning: arrest, apprehend, detain, take into custody, take prisoner, seize, capture, catch, take in; informal collar, nab, run /pull in, nick, pinch, bust, nail, do, feel someone's collar. 3 informal he thought of going to a nightclub and picking up a girl: strike up a casual acquaintance /relationship with, take up with; make advances to; informal get off with, pull, cop off with. pick something up 1 not the most obvious place to pick up a bargain: find, discover, locate, come across, stumble across, happen on, chance on, unearth, obtain, come by, come to have, get, receive, procure; secure, take /get possession of, acquire; purchase, buy; informal get hold of, get /lay one's hands on, get one's mitts on, bag, land, net. 2 he picked up the story in the 1950s: begin again, begin, take up, start again, start, resume, recommence, carry on, go on, continue. 3 Georgiana began picking up Spanish: learn, get to know, acquire (a knowledge of ), acquire skill in, become competent /proficient in, master; digest, imbibe, assimilate, absorb, take in; informal get the hang of. 4 she has picked up a virus: catch, contract, get, become infected with, become ill with, go /come down with. 5 he was full of gossip picked up from the ships he visited: hear, hear tell, find out, get to know, get wind of, be informed of, be told, learn, be made aware of, be given to understand; glean, discern, become conscious /aware of, observe, notice, perceive. 6 we've picked up a distress signal: receive, detect, get, hear. pick up the tab informal the company picked up the tab for the meal | we are picking up the tab for their externalities in the form of disease: pay, pay up, pay out, pay the bill, settle up; bail someone out; informal foot the bill, cough up, fork out, shell out, come across, chip in; Brit. informal stump up; N. Amer. informal ante up, pony up, pick up the check. ▶noun 1 please take your pick: choice, selection, option, decision; preference, favourite. 2 the pick of the crop: best, finest, top, choice, choicest, prime, cream, flower, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, elite, elect; informal the tops.
picket
picket noun 1 forty pickets were arrested: striker, demonstrator, protester, objector, picketer; strike picket, flying picket. 2 they decided to organize a picket: demonstration, picket line, blockade, boycott; picketing, secondary picketing. 3 a glider can be secured by tying it down with pickets: stake, peg, post, paling; upright, stanchion, pier, piling, palisade. ▶verb over 200 people picketed the factory: demonstrate at, form a picket at, man the picket line at, launch a demonstration at, protest at, form a protest group at; blockade, isolate, surround, cordon off.
pickle
pickle noun 1 cheese and pickle sandwiches: relish, chutney, chow chow, piccalilli, sauerkraut; Indian achar; Japanese tsukemono. 2 steep the vegetables in pickle: marinade, brine, vinegar. 3 informal they got into an awful pickle: plight, predicament, mess, difficulty, trouble, crisis, dire /desperate straits, ticklish /tricky situation, problem, quandary, dilemma; informal tight corner, tight spot, jam, fix, stew, scrape, bind, hole, hot water, pretty /fine kettle of fish; Brit. informal spot of bother. ▶verb the olives are ready for pickling: preserve, souse, marinate, conserve; bottle, tin, can, pot.
pick-me-up
pick-me-up noun 1 we have grown accustomed to using tea or coffee as a pick-me-up: tonic, restorative, energizer, stimulant, antidepressant, refresher; informal pep pill, upper, reviver, bracer; Medicine analeptic, roborant. 2 his winning goal was a perfect pick-me-up: boost, boost to the spirits, fillip, uplift, reviver, stimulant, stimulus, invigoration; informal shot in the arm.
pickpocket
pickpocket noun thief, petty thief, sneak thief; bag-snatcher, purse-snatcher; archaic cutpurse, pickpurse, pocket-picker, purse-picker, finger, dipper, reefer.
pickup
pickup noun 1 David brought the wardrobe home in his pickup: pickup truck, utility vehicle /truck; monster truck; S. African bakkie; Austral. /NZ informal ute. 2 a pickup in the housing market: improvement, recovery, revival, upturn, upswing, rally, comeback, resurgence, renewal, reinvigoration, advancement, betterment; a turn for the better. ANTONYMS slump, downturn.
Duden Dictionary
Pick
Pick Substantiv, maskulin österreichisch umgangssprachlich , der |P i ck |Klebstoff
Pick
Pick Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i ck | Pik 2
Picke
Pi cke Substantiv, feminin , die |P i cke | Pickel b
Pickel
Pi ckel Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i ckel |der Pickel; Genitiv: des Pickels, Plural: die Pickel älter: Bickel, mittelhochdeutsch bickel a Spitzhacke b Eispickel
Pickel
Pi ckel Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i ckel |der Pickel; Genitiv: des Pickels, Plural: die Pickel mundartliche Nebenform von Pocke (durch eine Entzündung hervorgerufene ) kleine Erhebung auf der Haut Pickel haben | einen Pickel ausdrücken | einen Pickel austrocknen lassen
Pickelflöte
Pi ckel flö te Substantiv, feminin , die |P i ckelflöte | Piccoloflöte
pickelhart
pi ckel hart Adjektiv österreichisch, schweizerisch |p i ckelh a rt |zu Pickel 1 äußerst hart eine pickelharte Eisschicht 2 unnachgiebig, streng, robust pickelharte Verhandlungen
Pickelhaube
Pi ckel hau be Substantiv, feminin , die |P i ckelhaube |unter Anlehnung an Pickel zu frühneuhochdeutsch bickel-, beckelhaube, zu mittelhochdeutsch beckenhūbe = visierloser Helm (besonders von der preußischen Infanterie getragener ) mit einer längeren Spitze aus Metall versehener Helm
Pickelhering
Pi ckel he ring Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i ckelhering |älter englisch pickleherring, aus: pickle = Pökel und herring = Hering komische Figur auf der Bühne des 17. und frühen 18. Jahrhunderts; Hanswurst
pickelig
pi cke lig Adjektiv picklig |p i ckelig |[viele ] Pickel aufweisend
pickeln
pi ckeln schwaches Verb landschaftlich |p i ckeln |mit der Spitzhacke arbeiten
picken
pi cken schwaches Verb österreichisch umgangssprachlich |p i cken |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch picken, Nebenform von pichen kleben 1 1, 2, 3, 6
picken
pi cken schwaches Verb |p i cken |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « wohl lautmalend für das Geräusch, das entsteht, wenn ein Vogel mit schnellen Schnabelhieben Futter aufnimmt 1 a mit dem Schnabel in kurzen, schnellen Stößen (Nahrung ) aufnehmen, zu sich nehmen die Hühner picken [Körner ]b mit spitzem Schnabel [leicht ] schlagen die Spatzen picken an /gegen die Scheibe 2 umgangssprachlich (mit einem spitzen Gegenstand o. Ä.) auf-, herausnehmen die Olive aus dem Glas picken
Picker
Pi cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i cker |der Picker; Genitiv: des Pickers, Plural: die Picker englisch Teil am mechanischen Webstuhl, das den Schützen durch das Fach schlägt
Pickerl
Pi ckerl Substantiv, Neutrum österreichisch umgangssprachlich , das |P i ckerl |das Pickerl; Genitiv: des Pickerls, Plural: die Pickerl [n ] zu picken Aufkleber; Plakette
pickerlpflichtig
pi ckerl pflich tig Adjektiv österreichisch |p i ckerlpflichtig |
Pickerlsünder
Pi ckerl sün der Substantiv, maskulin österreichisch umgangssprachlich , der |P i ckerlsünder |Verkehrsteilnehmer, dessen Fahrzeug nicht mit der erforderlichen Vignette versehen ist
Pickerlsünderin
Pi ckerl sün de rin Substantiv, feminin , die |P i ckerlsünderin |
pickern
pi ckern schwaches Verb landschaftlich |p i ckern |essen
pickert
pi ckert Adjektiv österreichisch umgangssprachlich pickig |p i ckert |zu picken klebrig
Pickhammer
Pick ham mer Substantiv, maskulin Bergmannssprache , der |P i ckhammer |Abbauhammer
pickig
pi ckig Adjektiv österreichisch umgangssprachlich pickert |p i ckig |zu picken klebrig
Pickles
Pi ck les Pluralwort , die |ˈpɪkl̩s |Pluraletantum Kurzwort für: Mixed Pickles
picklig
pick lig Adjektiv pickelig |p i cklig |[viele ] Pickel aufweisend
Picknick
Pick nick Substantiv, Neutrum , das |P i cknick |das Picknick; Genitiv: des Picknicks, Plural: die Picknicke und Picknicks englisch picnic, französisch pique-nique; Herkunft ungeklärt Mahlzeit aus mitgebrachten Speisen und Getränken im Grünen (während eines Ausfluges ) zum Picknick aufs Land fahren
picknicken
pick ni cken schwaches Verb |p i cknicken |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « ein Picknick halten
Picknickkorb
Pick nick korb Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i cknickkorb |Korb für die Speisen und das Geschirr eines Picknicks
picksüß
pick süß Adjektiv österreichisch |p i cksüß |italienisch; deutsch sehr süß
Pick-up
Pick-up Substantiv, maskulin , der |pɪkˈ |ap englisch ˈpɪkʌp |der Pick-up; Genitiv: des Pick-ups, Plural: die Pick-ups englisch pick-up, zu: to pick up = aufnehmen kleinerer Lieferwagen mit Pritsche 2
Pick-up-Shop
Pick-up-Shop Substantiv, maskulin , der |pɪkˈ |apʃɔp |Laden, bei dem der Käufer für Waren, die normalerweise angeliefert werden, den Transport selbst übernimmt
French Dictionary
pickles
pickles FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour cornichons marinés.
pickpocket
pickpocket n. m. (pl. pickpockets ) nom masculin Voleur à la tire. : Des pickpockets se sont emparés de son portefeuille. Prononciation Le t se prononce, [pikpɔkɛt ]
pick-up
pick-up FORMES FAUTIVES Anglicisme pour enlèvement (des marchandises ). Anglicisme pour tourne-disques.
pick-up (truck)
pick-up (truck ) FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour camionnette.
Spanish Dictionary
pick-up
pick-up nombre masculino 1 Tocadiscos .2 Coche cerrado por delante y abierto por detrás .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘pic-ap ’.El plural es pick-ups o pick-up .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pick
pick 1 /pɪk /〖「突く 」>「摘みとる 」>「選ぶ 」〗動詞 ~s /-s /; ~ed /-t /; ~ing 他動詞 1 «…から » 〈人 物 〉を選ぶ , 選択する «from » ; 〖pick A for B /A to do 〗B 〈事 〉のために […するために ]A 〈人 物 〉を選ぶ ; 〖~ A as C 〗AをCとして選ぶ (!Cは 名詞 形容詞 ; →choose コーパスの窓 ) ▸ pick a restaurant for lunch 昼食によいレストランを選ぶ ▸ He was picked to play the solo .彼は独奏者に選ばれた ▸ pick Ichiro as the best player イチローを最優秀選手に選ぶ ▸ You've got to pick your words very carefully .君はよく注意して言葉を選ばねばならないよ 2 【木などから 】〈花 果物など 〉を摘む , もぎ取る (⦅よりかたく ⦆gather ) «off » (!この意ではpick A upやcollectは用いない ) ; 〖~ A B /B for A 〗A 〈人 〉のためにB 〈花 果物など 〉を摘む (→give 他動詞 1 語法 (5 )(a ))▸ pick apples off the trees 木からリンゴをもぐ ▸ pick A a bunch of wild roses Aのために野生のバラを1束摘む ▸ freshly picked fruit 採れたての果物 3 a. «…から » 〈小さな物 〉をつまみ出す , つまみとる, (手で )取り上げる «out of , off , from » ▸ pick a letter out of the sack 袋から手紙を1通出す ▸ pick a handkerchief from the pocket ポケットからハンカチを取り出す b. «…で » 〈歯 鼻など 〉をほじる «with » ; 〖~ A C 〗A 〈物 〉をほじってC 〈状態 〉にする ▸ pick one's teeth with a toothpick ようじで歯に挟まった物をほじる ▸ Don't pick your nose in public .人前で鼻をほじるな ▸ pick the fish clean 魚をきれいに骨だけ残して食べる 4 【人に 】〈けんか 〉をふっかける «with » ▸ They tried to pick a fight with us .彼らは私たちにけんかをふっかけようとした 5 〈穴 〉を開ける ; 〈泥棒が 〉 «…で » 〈錠前 〉をはずす «with » ▸ pick the lock with a thin wire-like tool 細い針金状の道具を使って錠前を開ける 6 〈ポケットなど 〉からする , 抜き取る , 盗む ▸ pick one's pocket ポケットからする 7 〈弦楽器 〉をつまびく .8 〈鳥などが 〉〈えさ 〉をつついて食べる, ついばむ ; 〈人が 〉…を少しずつ食べる, つつく .自動詞 1 «…を » 突く, つつく «at » .2 精選する, 入念に選ぶ ▸ pick and choose 好きなものだけ選ぶ, 丹念に選ぶ .3 (花を )摘み取る , (果実を )もぎ取る ; 〖~ +副詞 〗〈花が 〉摘める, 〈果実が 〉もげる (!副詞 は様態の表現 ) .4 盗む .5 〈鳥などが 〉 «…を » つついて食べる ; 少しずつ食べる, 少しだけつまむ «at » .6 (弦 (楽器 )を )かき鳴らす .p ì ck and ch ó ose ↑自動詞 2 .p ì ck and ch ó ose A A 〈好きなもの 〉だけをじっくり選ぶ .p ì ck A ap á rt 1 (引っ張って )A 〈物 〉をばらばらにする, 引き裂く .2 =pick A to pieces .p í ck at A 1 ↑自動詞 1 , 5 .2 A 〈物 〉に繰り返し触れる, Aをそっと引っ張る [引っかく ]▸ pick at one's scab かさぶたを引っかく 3 ⦅主に米 ⦆(つまらない事で )A 〈人 〉の悪口を言う, A 〈事 〉の不平を言う .p ì ck aw á y A A 〈物 〉 (の一部 )を少しずつ引っかいて取る .p ì ck aw á y at A 1 A 〈物 〉をかきむしる .2 A 〈人 〉の悪口を言い続ける .p ì ck A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 (離れたところから一度で )A 〈人 動物 鳥 飛行機 船など 〉をよくねらって撃つ (!特に集団の中の1人 [1匹, 1つ ]について用いる ) .2 (自分用に )A 〈最適の人 最善の事 〉を選ぶ .3 ↑他動詞 2 .p í ck A off B A 〈物 〉をB 〈物 〉からはぎ [もぎ ]取る .p í ck on A ⦅話 ⦆1 (繰り返し )A 〈人 〉をいじめる (!受け身が可能 ) ▸ How come you're always picking on me? どうして僕をいつも目の敵 (かたき )にするんだ 2 ⦅英 ⦆(わざわざ )A 〈人 物 〉を選ぶ .3 ⦅主に英 ⦆A 〈人 〉に (特に不快な )仕事を言い付ける .p ì ck one s è lf ú p (特に転んだ後に )立ち上がる (get up ); ⦅比喩的に ⦆(失敗などの後に )立ち直る .p ì ck A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 【数ある中から /人のために 】A 〈人 物 〉を選び出す, ピックアップする (⦅よりかたく ⦆select ) «of , from /for » (!選ぶの意では ╳pick A upとしない ) ▸ pick one's shirt out of [from ] the catalog カタログからシャツを選ぶ (!⦅コーパス ⦆ofが続く場合, 通例pick A outの語順となる; ただし, Aがsome of …など部分を表すofを含む句の場合はpick out Aとなる: pick out a few of them それらのうちの少しばかり選ぶ ) ▸ I'll pick out something nice for you .僕がぴったりのものを選んであげよう 2 【数ある中から 】A 〈人 物 〉を見つけ出す, Aがわかる «from » ▸ He couldn't pick out the attacker from the police photos .彼は警察の写真から襲ってきた犯人を見つけ出すことはできなかった 3 (暗さや遠さにもかかわらず )A 〈人 物 〉が何とか見える .4 〈明かりなどが 〉A 〈人 物 〉を照らし出す .5 【楽器で /指で 】(思い出しながら 作曲しながら )A 〈曲 〉をポツリポツリと弾く «on /with » .6 (研究の末 )A 〈事 〉を発見する, 見つけ出す .7 ⦅英 ⦆〖通例be ~ed out 〗〈絵 文字などが 〉【色で 】目立つ, 引き立てられる «in » .p ì ck A ó ver [ó ver A ]1 (数ある物の中から良し悪しを判断して )A 〈物 〉を丹念に選ぶ ▸ pick over apples リンゴを注意深く選ぶ 2 ⦅主に英 ⦆〈人 雑誌などが 〉A 〈(不快な 恥ずかしい )事 〉をくわしく論じる, ほじくる .p í ck through A «…を見つけようと » A 〈(雑然とした )場所など 〉を探す «for » (!Aは探している物ではないことに注意 ) ▸ pick through garbage for recyclable bottles ごみの中からリサイクルびんを探し出す p ì ck A to p í eces ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈人 物 〉を細部まで [厳しく ]痛烈に批判する, Aの重箱の隅をほじくる .p ì ck ú p 1 〈状況 商売 生活 天気などが 〉好転する , 上向く (improve )▸ Sales growth picked up slightly last month .売り上げの伸びが先月はわずかに上向いた 2 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆落ちている [残された ]物を拾って片付ける .3 【途切れた時点から 】再開する, やり直す «in » ▸ I was hoping you and I could pick up where we left off .僕たちが再びよりを戻せればいいなと思っていた 4 〈カメラが 〉 «…を » とらえる «on » .5 〈速さが 〉増す, 〈スピードが 〉上がる ; 〈風 拍子が 〉強くなる .6 〈バスなどが 〉 (乗客を乗せるために )止まる .7 受話器を取る, 電話に出る .8 〈注文品などが 〉受け取られる ; 〈荷物が 〉集荷される ▸ Your photos are ready to pick up .お客様の写真ができあがっています p ì ck A ú p [ú p A ]1 A 〈(下にある )物 〉を拾い上げる, 持ち上げる, 取る ; A 〈子供など 〉を抱き上げる, 起こす, 立ち上がらせる (↔put A down ); 【部分をつかんで 】A 〈物 〉を持ち上げる «by » ; 〈掃除機などが 〉A 〈物 〉を吸い上げる ▸ pick up the man and take him to the hospital その男を助け起こして病院へ連れて行く ▸ pick up the phone 受話器を取る, 電話に出る ▸ pick the hat up by its ribbons 帽子をリボンのところをつかんで持ち上げる 2 (約束した場所で )A 〈人 〉を車に乗せる , 拾う , 迎えに行く [来る ], 【人から 】A 〈用意された物 〉を受け取る , 取りに行く [来る ] «from » (⦅よりかたく ⦆collect )▸ I've come to pick you up .(車で )君を迎えに来たんだ (!pick A upはAが 代名詞 のときのみ ) ▸ I'll come to pick up my personal belongings later .後で私物を取りに来ます 3 〈バスなどが 〉 (止まって )A 〈乗客 〉を乗せる .4 (どこかに行く途中で車などに )A 〈人 〉を同乗させる ▸ pick up a hitchhiker ヒッチハイカーを乗せる 5 【物 人から 】A 〈病気 ばい菌など 〉をもらう «from » ▸ pick up a cold from one of my classmates 級友の1人からかぜをうつされる 6 【人のために 】(ついでに )A 〈物 〉を手に入れる , 買う «for » ▸ Can you pick up some eggs at the store for me? ついでに店で卵を買ってきてくれますか 7 ⦅くだけて ⦆(ほかの人のために ) «…に対する » A 〈請求書など 〉を支払う «for » ▸ He picked up the tab [bill ] for lunch .彼が昼食の勘定を支払った 8 ⦅くだけて ⦆(特に安く 運良く )A 〈物 〉を手に入れる, 入手する .9 ⦅主に米 ⦆A 〈落ちている物 置き忘れた物など 〉を拾って片付ける ; ⦅米 ⦆A 〈部屋など 〉を片付ける .10 〈飲み物 薬などが 〉A 〈人 〉を気分よくさせる .11 〈カメラが 〉A 〈人 物 〉をとらえる .12 〈乗り物 船などが 〉A 〈速度 〉を上げる .13 ⦅くだけて ⦆(教えられるのではなく見聞きや練習によって )A 〈技術 言語など 〉を身につける, Aが身につく ; A 〈習慣 くせ なまりなど 〉がつく (⦅かたく ⦆acquire ).14 〈人 動物などが 〉A 〈(かすかな )音 動き におい 存在 徴候など 〉を (何とか )感知する, 察知する ; A 〈におい 痕跡など 〉を見つけて後を追う .15 〈電子機器などが 〉A 〈音 電波 信号など 〉を受信する, 拾う ; A 〈誤りなど 〉を検知する, 拾う .16 (中断を受けて )A 〈話 論点など 〉をさらに [再び ]議論する .17 〈警察が 〉A 〈人 〉を逮捕する ; (事情聴取のため )A 〈人 〉を連行する .18 ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈初対面の異性 〉をナンパする, ひっかける .19 〈物 色などが 〉A 〈物 〉と同系色でよく調和する [合う ].20 A 〈賞など 〉をもらう, A 〈得票 有益な情報など 〉を得る .21 A 〈驚くほどの大金 〉をもうける .22 〈救命ボートが 〉A 〈人 〉を救う .p ì ck ú p on A 1 (ほかの人は気づいていないが )A 〈事 〉に気づく, Aを察知する ▸ He could pick up on what everybody else was doing .彼はほかの皆が何をしているか気づいていた 2 A 〈事 〉の重要さに気づいて行動に出る .3 (さらにくわしく論じるために )A 〈話題 論点など 〉に立ち戻る, Aを再び取り上げる .p ì ck A ú p on B ⦅英 ⦆A 〈人 〉のB 〈発言 〉について異議を述べる, A 〈人 〉のB 〈間違い 〉を指摘する .p ì ck ú p with A A 〈人 〉と再び仲直りする [やり直す ].名詞 複 ~s /-s /1 U «…を » 選択 (すること ) «of » ▸ Take your pick .自由にお選びください (!通例命令文で ) ▸ Unlike many others, she had her pick of colleges .ほかの大多数と違って, 彼女は大学を自由に選ぶことができた 2 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖the ~〗(集団の中で )最良のもの , えり抜き ▸ select the pick of A Aの中で最良の物を選ぶ 3 C ⦅主に米 ⦆選ばれた人 [物 ].
pick
pick 2 名詞 C 1 つるはし (pickax ); アイスピック (ice pick ); つまようじ (toothpick ); (巻き毛用で歯の長い )櫛 (くし )(hair pick ).2 ⦅くだけて ⦆(ギターなど弦楽器の )ピック .
pick-and-mix
p ì ck-and-m í x 形容詞 =pick'n'mix .
pickaninny
pick a nin ny ⦅英 ⦆pic ca -/pɪ́kənɪ̀ni /名詞 複 -nies C ⦅しばしばけなして ⦆黒人の子供, オーストラリア先住民の子供 .形容詞 ⦅古 ⦆ちっぽけな .
pickax(e)
pick ax (e )/pɪ́kæ̀ks /名詞 C つるはし .動詞 他動詞 自動詞 (…を )つるはしで掘る .
picker
p í ck er 名詞 C 〖通例複合語を作って 〗摘む [採集する, つつく, 拾う ]人 ; つつく道具, つまようじ .
picket
pick et /pɪ́kət /名詞 C 1 〖しばしば ~s 〗先のとがった杭 (くい ), 棒杭 .2 〘軍 〙見張り兵, 分哨 (ぶんしよう ); 〖単複両扱い; 集合的に 〗警戒部隊 ; 哨戒 (しようかい )船 ; 哨戒機 .3 (労働争議中の )ピケ隊 (員 ), 監視隊 (員 ).4 デモ隊 (員 ).5 =picket line (1 ).動詞 他動詞 1 …に柵 (さく )を巡らす .2 〈馬など 〉を杭につなぐ .3 …に見張り兵を置く .4 …にピケを張る, 監視員を配置する .自動詞 ピケ隊に立つ, ピケを張る .~̀ f é nce 杭柵, 杭垣 .~́ l ì ne 1 (労働争議などの )ピケライン, 監視線 .2 〘軍 〙前哨 (ぜんしよう )戦 .~er 名詞
picking
p í ck ing 名詞 1 〖~s 〗摘み残し ; (使える )残り物 ; 盗品 ; 不正なもうけ .2 U 摘み取ること, 採取 .3 U (かぎを )こじあけること, ピッキング, ピック .4 (弦楽器の )ピッキング .
pickle
pick le /pɪ́k (ə )l /名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 C 〖通例 ~s 〗⦅米 ⦆ピクルス 〘酢または塩水漬けの野菜 果物; ⦅米 ⦆ではキュウリ, ⦅英 ⦆ではタマネギが一般的 〙.2 U ⦅英 ⦆ピクルスソース .3 U (ピクルス用 )漬け汁 .4 〖a ~〗⦅くだけて やや古 ⦆困難な状況 (mess )▸ be in a (pretty ) pickle 苦境に陥っている 動詞 他動詞 〈食べ物 〉を (酢または塩水に )漬けて保存する , …をピクルスにする .
pickled
p í ck led 形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗酢 [塩水 ]漬けの .2 〖通例be ~〗⦅くだけて やや古 ⦆酔っぱらった .
pickling
p í ck ling 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗ピクルスにするのに適した .
pick-me-up
p í ck-me- ù p 名詞 C ⦅くだけて ⦆元気づける酒 [薬 ], 強壮剤 .
pick'n'mix
pick'n'mix /pɪ̀k (ə )nmɪ́ks /⦅主に英 ⦆ごたまぜの, 寄せ集めの .
pickpocket
pick pock et /pɪ́kpɑ̀kət |-pɔ̀k -/名詞 C すり .
pick(-)up
pick (-)up /pɪ́kʌ̀p /名詞 複 ~s /-s /1 C ⦅主に米 ⦆(荷物集配用の無蓋 (むがい ))小型トラック (pickup truck ).2 C (人を )拾う [乗せる ]こと , 便乗者 ; (荷物 郵便物などの )集配 ▸ a pickup point 集配場所 3 C ⦅くだけて ⦆行きずりの人 , 一夜限りの人 (!しばしば性交渉を含意する ) .4 U ⦅米 ⦆(自動車の )加速能力 (acceleration )▸ This car has good pickup .この車の加速はよい 5 C (レコードプレーヤーの )針 , ピックアップ .6 〖単数形で 〗【貿易 経済などの 】改善 , 向上 , 進歩 (improvement ) «in » ▸ a pickup in the Japanese economy 日本経済の回復 7 C 〘スポーツ 〙ピックアップ 〘バウンドした球をすくい上げること 〙.形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗寄せ集めの , 混成の 〈チームなど 〉; あり合わせの 〈食事 〉.
picky
pick y /pɪ́ki /形容詞 ⦅主に米 くだけて ⦆えり好みする ; 気難しい, 神経質な .p í ck i ness 名詞