biːk tʃɔɪs kliːn klin kleːn kɹiːm ˈfɪlɪŋ fʊt ˈnɪbəl ˈɒpʃən ˈɑpʃən pɪk pɪk ˈpɪkˌæks ˈpɪkɪŋ piːs

ˈplɛk.tɹəm plʌk plʌŋk səˈlɛkʃən the act of choosing or selecting your choice of colors was unfortunate you can take your pick remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits Clean the turkey remove in small bits pick meat from a bone a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body he was called for setting an illegal pick select carefully from a group She finally picked her successor He picked his way carefully harass with constant criticism Don't always pick on your little brother eat intermittently; take small bites of He pieced at the sandwich all morning She never eats a full meal — she just nibbles hit lightly with a picking motion look for and gather pick mushrooms pick flowers attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example Pick open the ice pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion he plucked the strings of his mandolin provoke pick a fight or a quarrel pay for something pick up the tab pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages foot the bill pilfer or rob pick pockets a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends they used picks and sledges to break the rocks a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving the person or thing chosen or selected he was my pick for mayor the best people or things in a group the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War the quantity of a crop that is harvested he sent the first picking of berries to the market it was the biggest peach pick in years