Word

pick, v.
(picked, picking, picks)
freq. cnt. 22

select carefully from a group
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

pick

sample sentences

"She finally picked her successor"
"He picked his way carefully"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pick pick pick picker

semantic pointers

hypernym

choose, select, take, pick out

hyponym

hand-pick

look for and gather
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

cull pick pluck

sample sentences

"pick mushrooms"
"pick flowers"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

picking picker pick

also see

pick up pick up pick up pick off pick over pick up

lexical pointers

also see

cull out

semantic pointers

hypernym

gather, collect, pull together, garner

hyponym

mushroom berry

harass with constant criticism
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2

blame find fault pick

sample sentences

"Don't always pick on your little brother"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blame

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

faultfinder

semantic pointers

hypernym

criticize, criticise, knock, pick apart

remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

clean pick

sample sentences

"Clean the turkey"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

remove, take, take away, withdraw

remove in small bits
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pick

sample sentences

"pick meat from a bone"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pick

semantic pointers

hypernym

remove, take, take away, withdraw

provoke
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pick

sample sentences

"pick a fight or a quarrel"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up

eat intermittently; take small bites of
<verb.consumption>

nibble pick piece

sample sentences

"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

nibbler nibble

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

piece

semantic pointers

hypernym

eat

hit lightly with a picking motion
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

beak peck pick

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pecker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

beak beak

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
<verb.contact>

break up pick

sample sentences

"Pick open the ice"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pick

semantic pointers

hypernym

pierce

entailment

hack, chop

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
<verb.contact>

pick pluck plunk

sample sentences

"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pluck

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pick

semantic pointers

hypernym

pull, draw

hyponym

twang

pay for something
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

foot pick

sample sentences

"pick up the tab"
"pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"
"foot the bill"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

pay

pilfer or rob
<verb.possession>

pick

sample sentences

"pick pockets"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pickings

semantic pointers

hypernym

rob