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pick through

pick through verb: to look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.

Verb

pick through (third-person singular simple present picks through, present participle picking through, simple past and past participle picked through)

  1. (transitive) To look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.

Forms of pick through

third-person singular presentpicks through
present participlepicking through
past participlepicked through
pastpicked through

Questions about pick through

What does pick through mean?
Pick through means to look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.
What part of speech is pick through?
Pick through is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick through?
The past tense of pick through is picked through.

Words near pick through in the dictionary

  1. pick someone's brains
  2. pick stitch
  3. pick stitches
  4. pick the right horse
  5. pick the wrong horse
  6. pick through
  7. pick to box
  8. pick to carton
  9. pick to light
  10. pick to order
  11. pick to tote

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