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How to use pick in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Pick means a tool used for digging; a pickaxe. Example: “Don't pick at that scab.”

Examples of pick by meaning

nounAn anchor.

  • It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.2021 December, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 41, column 2

nounPasture; feed, for animals.

  • There's not a blade of native pick left, except on the ridges.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 69
  • The judicious use of fire could have protected valuable nut trees, promoted the growth and seeding of grass and, if practised at a distance from their camps, even attracted herbivores to the sweet young pick.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 232

nounThe blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing...

  • so many picks to an inch
  • Leaving a tail 2 yd long for hemstitching, weave 3 picks of plain weave and use the tail to hemstitch in groups of 8 warp ends.2026, Sydney Sogol, “Blue Morpho Runner”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 50

verbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

  • Don't pick at that scab.
  • He picked his nose.

verbTo harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an...

  • It's time to pick the tomatoes.

verbTo pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

  • She picked flowers in the meadow.
  • to pick feathers from a fowl

verbTo take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.

  • to pick rags

verbTo remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.

  • to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket
  • For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

More sentences with pick

  • Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.From the entry market
  • I'm tired of picking up after you. Why can't you clean your own messes?From the entry after
  • Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.From the entry other
  • The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.From the entry safe
  • They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.From the entry done
  • He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.From the entry go
  • I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.From the entry leave
  • You're picking at your scabs when you should be letting them heal.From the entry when
  • Things are dry right now. We're hoping business'll pick up next month.From the entry dry
  • They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.From the entry doctor
  • If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.From the entry steam
  • Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.From the entry phone
  • Everyone pick a token (hat, wheelbarrow, thimble, etc.) and place it on the Start square.From the entry token
  • If the wind picks up and the flames spread, the whole town could go on fire.From the entry on fire
  • You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.From the entry hill
  • Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.From the entry lottery
  • The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.From the entry darling
  • When you arrive to pick me up, hoot, and I'll come outside.From the entry hoot
  • We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.From the entry stationery
  • Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.From the entry oomph
  • After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.From the entry pick someone's brain
  • Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.From the entry prehensile
  • Please pick up the baby's pootie and put it back in his mouth.From the entry pootie
  • I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home.From the entry prescription
  • When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.From the entry pick up
  • Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?From the entry pick up
  • Frank was colorblind and had sewn small labels into his clothes to help him pick matching combinations.From the entry colorblind

Meaning of pick

  1. noun A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
  2. noun An anchor.
  3. noun A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

Full definition of pick

Questions about pick in a sentence

How do you use pick in a sentence?
Pick is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Don't pick at that scab.”
What is a short sentence with pick?
“to pick rags”
What does pick mean?
Pick means a tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pick (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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