pick
Pronunciation:
/pɪk//pɪk//pɪk/noun
Definitions
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.
A choice; ability to choose.
verb
Definitions
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Example: Don't pick at that scab.
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
Example: It's time to pick the tomatoes.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
Example: She picked flowers in the meadow.
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
Example: to pick rags