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Moderatepicked
The correct spelling is picked.
How to pronounce picked
/pʰɪkt/
verbIPA: /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.To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- 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.To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- 4.To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- 5.To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
adjective
- 1.Chosen; selected.
- 2.(of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
- 3.Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
- 4.Pointed; sharp
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