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Meaning of picked up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

picked

Pronunciation:/pʰɪkt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

    Example: Don't pick at that scab.

  2. 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.

  3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

    Example: She picked flowers in the meadow.

  4. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.

    Example: to pick rags

adjective

Definitions

  1. Chosen; selected.

  2. (of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.

    Example: the picked dogfish

  3. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty

  4. Pointed; sharp