pick
About 23.27 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- noun An anchor.
- noun A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- noun A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- noun A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- noun A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- noun A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
- noun A choice; ability to choose.
Similar words
pickax pickaxe woof weft nibble pluck plunk filling cream cull
Often followed by
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Word family
pick the brain of pick the brains of picked picked the brain of picked the brains of picking picking the brain of picking the brains of picks picks the brain of
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