/pɪk/
Translation
To take one thing from a group with your fingers, or to choose it.
Word origin
From Middle English picken, meaning to pierce or to pluck.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- picken
Grammar
Examples
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"Pick" means to take one card with your fingers.
ripe .
"Picks" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Picked" is the past form of "pick".
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