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picked

The correct spelling is picked.

How to pronounce picked

/pʰɪkt/
verb

IPA: /pʰɪkt/

Say it like: Pik-ed

The correct spelling is picked. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. For example: "Don't pick at that scab."

Usage Examples

Don't pick at that scab.

It's time to pick the tomatoes.

She picked flowers in the meadow.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
  4. 4.To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
  5. 5.To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.

adjective

  1. 1.Chosen; selected.
  2. 2.(of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
  3. 3.Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
  4. 4.Pointed; sharp

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