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Meaning of pick | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To refute or find flaws in by close examination: The lawyer picked the testimony apart.
  2. To tease or bully.
  3. To sort out or examine item by item: picked over the grapes before buying them.
  4. To select with great care.
  5. To seek and discover flaws or a flaw in: picked holes in the argument.
  6. To find fault in a petty way; nitpick.
  7. To find passage and make careful progress through it: picked her way down the slope.
  8. To criticize sharply.
  9. To throw (a shuttle) across a loom.
  10. 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.

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