pick
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
Other meanings
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
A kind of
- edge tool
Related words
- Afro pick
- captain's pick
- hoof pick
- lock pick
- mill pick
- pick dressing
- pick gun
- pick hammer
- pick of the crop
- pick of the litter
- pick packer
- pick scrape
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "piken".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pick” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.