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over

n. (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

pick

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

pick

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

pick, cream

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

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

filling, pick, woof, weft

n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

choice, selection, pick

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

pick

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

pick

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

pick

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

pick

v. pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

pick, clean

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

pick, break up

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

pick, foot

v. pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

pluck, pick, cull

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

pick, nibble, piece, pick at, nibble at, eat intermittently

v. eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

over

adv. at or to a point across intervening space etc.: "Come over and see us some time"; "over there"

over, throughout an area

adv. "He is known the world over"

over, across

adv. "She cannot get her ideas across"

over, o'er, throughout a period of time

adv. "Stay over the weekend"

over

adj. (prefix) excessive: "over-abusive"; "overabusive"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

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

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

delicacy, discretion

n. refined taste; tact

taste, preference, predilection, penchant

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

preference, predilection

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

take, choose, select, make a choice, make a selection, 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"

strain, sieve, sift

v. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

screen, sieve, sort, screen out

v. examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

choose, prefer, opt for, choose instead, choose as an alternative

v. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "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

strain, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

v. remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

prefer, give priority to one creditor

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"

chew, jaw, masticate, manducate

v. chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

nibble, eat at, bite at

v. bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

accomplished, effected, established

adj. settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact"

proved, proven

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

determined, determinate

adj. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"

stipulatory, agreed upon

adj. constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations"

solved, resolved

adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"

cull out

v. select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"

pick up, receive

v. register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

pick up, give a ride to

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

pluck, tweak, pick off, pull sharply, pull off, pull away from

v. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

pick over, sieve out

v. separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection"

see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear about, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know

v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

too much, a bit much

adj. (informal) "a bit much"

overdone, exaggerated, overstated

adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"

undue, extraordinary, unreasonable, excessive, inordinate

adj. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

extreme

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

radical, extremist, ultra

adj. (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"

gross, glaring

adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

up

adj. used up; "time is up"

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