[pɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing
(e.g: I went to pick some flowers for Jenny's room)

- choose (someone or something) from a number of alternatives
(e.g: maybe I picked the wrong career after all)

- make (a hole) in fabric by pulling at it with one's fingers
(e.g: she picked a hole in her tights)

- pluck the strings of (a guitar or banjo)
(e.g: people were singing and picking guitars)


Phrases:
- pick a fight
- pick a lock
- pick and choose
- pick holes in
- pick one's feet up
- pick someone or something apart
- pick someone's brain
- pick someone's pockets
- pick something clean
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the threads

Origin:
Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture’, also with French piquer ‘to prick’

[pɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives
(e.g: take your pick from our extensive menu)

- an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler


Phrases:
- pick a fight
- pick a lock
- pick and choose
- pick holes in
- pick one's feet up
- pick someone or something apart
- pick someone's brain
- pick someone's pockets
- pick something clean
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the threads

Origin:
Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture’, also with French piquer ‘to prick’

[pɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock

- an instrument for picking
(e.g: an ebony hair pick)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: variant of pike