Meaning of pick | Babel Free
Definitions
- To refute or find flaws in by close examination: The lawyer picked the testimony apart.
- To tease or bully.
- To sort out or examine item by item: picked over the grapes before buying them.
- To select with great care.
- To seek and discover flaws or a flaw in: picked holes in the argument.
- To find fault in a petty way; nitpick.
- To find passage and make careful progress through it: picked her way down the slope.
- To criticize sharply.
- To throw (a shuttle) across a loom.
- pick someone's brains, to obtain information or ideas by questioning someone closely.
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.