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handpick

handpick verb: to pick or harvest by hand.

Verb

handpick (third-person singular simple present handpicks, present participle handpicking, simple past and past participle handpicked)

  1. (transitive) To pick or harvest by hand.
    Synonyms:
    hand-select
  2. (transitive) To select carefully and with individual attention.
    • Each year they handpick seven candidates for next year's committee.
    Synonyms:
    hand-select

handpick meaning in Urdu

handpick in Urdu

ہاتھ سے اٹھانا

Synonyms of handpick

Forms of handpick

third-person singular presenthandpicks
present participlehandpicking
past participlehandpicked
pasthandpicked
alternative formhand-pick

Origin of handpick

From hand + pick.

Words formed from handpick

Questions about handpick

What does handpick mean?
Handpick means to pick or harvest by hand.
What is handpick in Urdu?
Handpick in Urdu is ہاتھ سے اٹھانا. See Handpick meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is handpick?
Handpick is a verb.
What is the past tense of handpick?
The past tense of handpick is handpicked.

Words near handpick in the dictionary

  1. handpassing
  2. handpaw
  3. handpaws
  4. handphone
  5. handphones
  6. handpick
  7. handpick out
  8. handpicked
  9. handpicked out
  10. handpicker
  11. handpickers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handpick (page history and authors); handpick (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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