Picked

Word PICKED
Character 6
Hyphenation pick ed
Pronunciations /pʰɪkt/

Definitions and meanings of "Picked"

What do we mean by picked?

Pointed. adjective

Chosen by careful selection. adjective

Gathered, harvested, or plucked. adjective

Having a sharp point; pointed; piked; peaked: as, a picked stick.

Covered with sharp points; prickly; spinous; echinate: as, the picked dogfish.

Specially selected; hence, choicest or best: as, picked men.

2. Choice; affected; refined.

Pointed; sharp. adjective

Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes. adjective

Carefully selected; chosen. adjective

Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. adjective

See under Dogfish. adjective

Ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of pick. verb

Pointed; sharp adjective

Having a pike or spine on the back. adjective

Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty adjective

To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

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.

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

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

To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.

To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.

To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.

To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.

To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.

To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.

To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

To steal; to pilfer.

To throw; to pitch.

To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.

To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

To screen.

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The word "picked" in example sentences

A few years ago, a White female rapper named Sarai was marketed as the “female Eminem bad idea” and the label picked her first two singles as the horrid “Pack Ya Bags”and “Ladies”. ❋ Dart Adams (2007)

Robinson Crusoe popped out at her, the title picked out in gold on the spine. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1997)

She stamped her foot impotently because she could not think of anything else to do—and without a word picked up the lamp and started up the stairs. ❋ Margaret Mitchell (1996)

Bailey adds many filmmakers come for the TIFF marketplace hoping to get their title picked up by a distributor that will get it into theatres, so the opening gala slot is a better place for a movie that already has a deal. ❋ Linda Barnard (2011)

The title picked up the Game of the Year award and took home another nine prizes during the ceremony, including those for Game Direction, Original Story and Adventure Game of the Year. ❋ Andrei Dumitrescu (2010)

The label picked a fine time to unearth these gems, known primarily to the deepest-digging of '80s underground musicologists/excavators: TSIN's brainy lyrics and kitchen-sink musicianship play like the more aggressive older brothers to present-day indie rock luminaries, ranging from Dirty Projectors to Vampire Weekend to Wilco. ❋ Stephen Haag (2010)

We had the title picked out and we even knew what the cover was gonna be. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tell you what, I've even got a title picked out for you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was also told he already had a title picked out – How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy – and that Buffett had agreed to the title. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He clutched a bottle of Terry brandy, a Spanish label picked up in a Rota liquor store. ❋ James Scott (2009)

We don't have a title picked out yet... just an internal project designator VZ2. ❋ Unknown (2005)

IFP, a term picked up by the media and the ANC's political rivals. ❋ Unknown (1997)

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