Word Image
plural: picks
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: the act or opportunity of choosing; the best or choicest one or portion; a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends used especially to loosen or break up soil or rock; a slender pointed instrument
verb: to strike, pierce, or break up with a pointed tool; to remove matter from bit by bit by or as if by plucking; to gather by plucking, as in berries; to make (one’s way) slowly and carefully; to dig at or into; to eat sparingly or in a finicky manner; to unlock without a key; to provoke
Word Family
picked
picking
picky
pickiness
pickup
pickax
picklock
pickpocket
toothpick
nitpick
handpick
Sentences
My mother picks berries in the forest.
The little boy had been picked on by the older children at school.
She was handpicked for the position in the company.
Dad was busy picking up leaves in the backyard.
Who is your pick for the race tonight?
She’d been a picky eater since she was a child.
He picked a fight with a bigger guy over something he said.
The thief knew how to pick a lock without being seen.
Miners would use heavy picks and axes to dig for gold.
I watched as he picked his teeth with a toothpick.
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