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pick

n. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"

pick

n. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"

cream, pick

n. the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

woof, weft, filling, pick

n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

pick, pickax, pickaxe

n. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

pick, plectrum, plectron

n. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

choice, pick, selection

n. the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

choice, selection, option, pick

n. the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

pick

v. provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"

pick

v. pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

pick

v. select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"

pick

v. remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"

pick, break up

v. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"

clean, pick

v. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"

pick, pluck, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

pluck, plunk, pick

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

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padding, cushioning

n. artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

preference, druthers

n. the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"

discrimination, secernment

n. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

delicacy, discretion

n. refined taste; tact

preference, penchant, predilection, taste

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

predilection, preference, orientation

n. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

assignment, assigning

n. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

nomination

n. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"

provision, supply, supplying

n. the activity of supplying or providing something

presentation, introduction, intro

n. formally making a person known to another or to the public

proposal, proposition

n. the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"

choose, take, select, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

sift

v. move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

sieve, sift

v. distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

choose, prefer, opt

v. select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

riddle, screen

v. separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

puree, strain

v. rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"

prefer

v. give preference to one creditor over another

winnow, fan

v. separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

snap

v. bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"

sense

v. comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"

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