choice selection option pick | the act of choosing or selecting, your choice of colors was unfortunate, you can take your pick |
pick | a basketball maneuver, obstructing an opponent with one's body, he was called for setting an illegal pick |
pick-off | a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out |
date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
bracer pick-me-up | a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
guitar pick | a plectrum used to pluck a guitar |
icepick ice pick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point, used for breaking up blocks of ice |
pick pickax pickaxe | 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 | a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material, he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks |
pick plectrum plectron | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
pickup pick-me-up | anything with restorative powers, she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her |
woof weft filling pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
choice pick selection | the person or thing chosen or selected, he was my pick for mayor |
date bar | fruit bar containing chopped dates |
date bread | bread containing chopped dates |
date-nut bread | bread containing chopped dates and nuts |
date | sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed |
jujube Chinese date Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
date appointment engagement | a meeting arranged in advance, she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date |
blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
double date | a date in which two couples participate |
cream pick | the best people or things in a group, the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War |
dateline date line International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the th meridian |
blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
date escort | a participant in a date, his date never stopped talking |
date palm Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
date plum Diospyros lotus | an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
picking pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested, he sent the first picking of berries to the market, it was the biggest peach pick in years |
Niemann-Pick disease | a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait |
Pick's disease | a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia |
date | the present, they are up to date, we haven't heard from them to date |
maturity maturity date due date | the date on which an obligation must be repaid |
date day of the month | the specified day of the month, what is the date today? |
date | a particular day specified as the time something happens, the date of the election is set by law |
future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred, he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class |
date particular date | a particular but unspecified point in time, they hoped to get together at an early date |
epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
perk up perk percolate pick up gain vigor | gain or regain energy, I picked up after a nap |
clean pick | remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits, Clean the turkey |
pick | remove in small bits, pick meat from a bone |
turn around pick up | improve significantly, go from bad to good, Her performance in school picked up |
pick up | lift out or reflect from a background, The scarf picks up the color of the skirt, His eyes picked up his smile |
learn hear get word get wind pick up find out get a line discover see | 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 |
date | assign a date to, determine the (probable) date of, Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings |
choose take select pick out | 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 |
pick | select carefully from a group, She finally picked her successor, He picked his way carefully |
hand-pick | pick personally and very carefully, the director hand-picked his new team |