Definitions of pick:

• noun:   a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

  Example: "He was called for setting an illegal pick"

• noun:   a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

  Example: "They used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

• noun:   a thin sharp implement used for picking

  Example: "He used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"

• noun:   a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
• noun:   the person or thing chosen or selected

  Example: "He was my pick for mayor"

• noun:   the best people or things in a group
• noun:   the quantity of a crop that is harvested

  Example: "He sent the first picking of berries to the market"

• noun:   the act of choosing or selecting

  Example: "You can take your pick"

• noun:   the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
• verb:   pilfer or rob

  Example: "Pick pockets"

• verb:   select carefully from a group

  Example: "She finally picked her successor"

• verb:   look for and gather

  Example: "Pick mushrooms"

• verb:   attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

  Example: "Pick open the ice"

• verb:   provoke

  Example: "Pick a fight or a quarrel"

• verb:   remove in small bits

  Example: "Pick meat from a bone"

• verb:   pay for something

  Example: "Pick up the tab"

• verb:   eat intermittently; take small bites of
• verb:   hit lightly with a picking motion
• verb:   remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
• verb:   harass with constant criticism

  Example: "Don't always pick on your little brother"

• verb:   pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12751)