A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. / A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. / A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.

To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

Synonym of pick-at-will

(transitive) To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass. / (transitive) To select (a person) for a task, etc.

simple past tense and past participle of pick

Chosen; selected. / (zoology, of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back. / (obsolete) fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty / (obsolete) pointed; sharp

present participle of pick

A gathering to pick fruit. / (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

(textiles) Of or relating to a kind of loom with several shuttle boxes, allowing various colours of yarn to be combined as desired.

(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers. / (transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).