picked

UK /pɪkt/ US /pɪkt/

adj 5

Definitions

adj

Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word)

Chosen; selected.

Played by picking the strings

Having a pike or spine on the back.

the picked dogfish

fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty

He is too / picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were, / too peregrinate, as I may call it.

Why then I suck my teeth and catechize / My picked man of countries:

Collocations

ADJ.

express, most, old, pretty, small, unfortunate

She picked the most ripe strawberries from the garden for the cake.

VERB + PICKED

catechize, ring, stooped, train

She stooped down and picked up the scattered papers from the floor.

PICKED + NOUN

apples, countries, dandelions, dogfish, french, hat, man, needle

We picked apples all afternoon at the orchard near town.

PREP.

down, from, up, with

She picked up the fallen leaves from the garden path this morning.

ADV.

gradually, naturally, quickly, then

She gradually picked up speed as she ran down the hill toward the beach.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

the picked dogfish

Wiktionary

He is too / picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were, / too peregrinate, as I may call it.

Wiktionary

Why then I suck my teeth and catechize / My picked man of countries:

Wiktionary

The committee picked the site for the exhibition.

Tatoeba · #28234

If he had not picked me up, I would not be here now.

Tatoeba · #30682

I picked up some French.

Tatoeba · #34148

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, picked is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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