"pick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɪk/, [pʰɪk] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-pick.wav [UK], en-us-pick.ogg [US], en-au-pick.ogg [Australia] Forms: picks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck. Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|piken}} Middle English piken, {{m|enm|picken}} picken, {{m|enm|pikken}} pikken, {{inh|en|ang|*piccian}} Old English *piccian, {{m|ang|*pīcian}} *pīcian, {{m|ang|pīcung|t=a pricking}} pīcung (“a pricking”), {{m|ang|pīcan}} pīcan, {{m|ang|pȳcan|t=to pick, prick, pluck}} pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*pikkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*pikkōną|t=to pick, peck, prick, knock}} Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bew-, {{m|ine-pro|*bu-|t=to make a dull, hollow sound}} *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”), {{doublet|en|pitch|peck}} Doublet of pitch and peck, {{cog|nl|pikken|t=to pick}} Dutch pikken (“to pick”), {{cog|de|picken|t=to pick, peck}} German picken (“to pick, peck”), {{cog|non|pikka}} Old Norse pikka, {{m|non|pjakka}} pjakka, {{cog|is|pikka|t=to pick, prick}} Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), {{cog|sv|picka|t=to pick, peck}} Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pick (plural picks)
  1. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. Translations (pickaxe): μάκελλα (mákella) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), քլունգ (kʿlung) (Armenian), բրիչ (bričʿ) (Armenian), sapã [feminine] (Aromanian), кирка (kirka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), търнокоп (tǎrnokop) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pic [masculine] (Catalan), ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ (kanasdetlvdi) (Cherokee), 鶴嘴鋤 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹤嘴锄 (háozuǐchú, hèzuǐchú) (Chinese Mandarin), krumpáč [masculine] (Czech), hakku (Finnish), pioche [feminine] (French), Hacke [feminine] (German), Pickel [masculine] (German), Spitzhacke [feminine] (German), csákány (Hungarian), piocóid [feminine] (Irish), piccone [masculine] (Italian), つるはし (tsuruhashi) (Japanese), копач (kopač) [masculine] (Macedonian), трнокоп (trnokop) [masculine] (Macedonian), കോടാലി (kōṭāli) (Malayalam), pika (Maori), hakke (Norwegian), کلنگ (kolang) (Persian), kilof [masculine] (Polish), oskard [masculine] (Polish), czekan [masculine] (Polish), picareta [feminine] (Portuguese), târnăcop [neuter] (Romanian), кирка́ (kirká) [feminine] (Russian), кайло́ (kajló) [neuter] (Russian), pico [masculine] (Spanish), hacka [common-gender] (Swedish), kazma (Turkish), ка́йло (kájlo) (Ukrainian), zengen (diq) [masculine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-zz1FDCTU Disambiguation of 'pickaxe': 53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4
  2. (nautical, slang) An anchor. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-gYj2~h~t Topics: nautical, transport
  3. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. Translations (hammer for dressing millstones): آژینه (ajine) (Ottoman Turkish), ajine (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-uha6gLq5 Disambiguation of 'hammer for dressing millstones': 1 4 49 1 4 0 0 1 0 8 4 3 4 4 7 7 0 3
  4. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. Categories (topical): Tools Translations (tool to open a lock): 万能钥匙 (wànnéngyàoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), tiirikka (Finnish), passe-partout [masculine] (French), Dietrich [masculine] (German), dirk [masculine] (Norwegian), wytrych [masculine] (Polish), отмы́чка (otmýčka) [feminine] (Russian), ganzúa (Spanish), çilingir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-rBZSuCXf Disambiguation of Tools: 7 1 2 10 3 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 4 9 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 Disambiguation of 'tool to open a lock': 25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  5. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. Translations (comb with long widely spaced teeth): harva kampa (Finnish), stuzzicadenti [masculine] (Italian), dilgan [feminine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-1WFzMmyD Disambiguation of 'comb with long widely spaced teeth': 1 2 2 3 66 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 2
  6. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-7yVrQ-mA Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  7. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-OTM1OnxI
  8. A choice; ability to choose. Translations (choice): избор (izbor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), valinta (Finnish), choix [masculine] (French), scelta [feminine] (Italian), valg [neuter] (Norwegian), wybór [masculine] (Polish), prawo wyboru [neuter] (Polish), możliwość wyboru [feminine] (Polish), kandydat [masculine] (Polish), вы́бор (výbor) [masculine] (Russian), seçmek (Turkish), ви́бір (výbir) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-O7a4MrS2 Disambiguation of 'choice': 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
  9. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-nzhiXVx9
  10. (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-bLD0OFTG Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 7 2 2 9 1 3 4 5 0 4 4 2 4
  11. (basketball) A screen. Categories (topical): Basketball Translations (basketball: screen): заслон (zaslon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), barriera [feminine] (Italian), zasłona [feminine] (Polish), засло́н (zaslón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-c7Nn-jTW Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'basketball: screen': 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 55 4 5 4 5 3 1 2
  12. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. Categories (topical): Lacrosse
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-PiAZJga2 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lacrosse, lifestyle, sports
  13. (American football) An interception. Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-Mb10cVzF Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  14. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-EylE~b0M Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  15. (baseball) A pickoff. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-ZBtRV7cJ Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  16. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-R~zlOw2n Topics: media, printing, publishing
  17. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. Categories (topical): Art, Painting
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-I~IUWfLL Topics: art, arts
  18. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread. Categories (topical): Weaving
    Sense id: en-pick-en-noun-9fmhtFbm Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /pɪk/, [pʰɪk] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-pick.wav [UK], en-us-pick.ogg [US], en-au-pick.ogg [Australia] Forms: picks [present, singular, third-person], picking [participle, present], picked [participle, past], picked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck. Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|piken}} Middle English piken, {{m|enm|picken}} picken, {{m|enm|pikken}} pikken, {{inh|en|ang|*piccian}} Old English *piccian, {{m|ang|*pīcian}} *pīcian, {{m|ang|pīcung|t=a pricking}} pīcung (“a pricking”), {{m|ang|pīcan}} pīcan, {{m|ang|pȳcan|t=to pick, prick, pluck}} pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*pikkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*pikkōną|t=to pick, peck, prick, knock}} Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bew-, {{m|ine-pro|*bu-|t=to make a dull, hollow sound}} *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”), {{doublet|en|pitch|peck}} Doublet of pitch and peck, {{cog|nl|pikken|t=to pick}} Dutch pikken (“to pick”), {{cog|de|picken|t=to pick, peck}} German picken (“to pick, peck”), {{cog|non|pikka}} Old Norse pikka, {{m|non|pjakka}} pjakka, {{cog|is|pikka|t=to pick, prick}} Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), {{cog|sv|picka|t=to pick, peck}} Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pick (third-person singular simple present picks, present participle picking, simple past and past participle picked)
  1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. Translations (to grasp and pull with fingers): քչփորել (kʿčʿpʿorel) (Armenian), pegañ (Breton), хващам (hvaštam) (Bulgarian), plukke (Danish), nemen (Dutch), krabben (Dutch), tonkia (Finnish), prendre (French), cueillir (French), lesa (Icelandic), pioc (Irish), prendere (Italian), carpō (Latin), pehpena (Nahuatl), pilke (Norwegian), plukke (Norwegian Bokmål), dłubać [imperfective] (Polish), grzebać [imperfective] (Polish), gmerać [imperfective] (Polish), pegar (Portuguese), hurgar (Spanish), plocka (Swedish), நோண்டு (nōṇṭu) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-tQZtqjvT Disambiguation of 'to grasp and pull with fingers': 55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1
  2. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-en:harvest
  3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-c3a1Xg0S
  4. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-~hK38tTc
  5. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb--c6DX2YY
  6. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-xcBgAddh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 10 2 3 6 1 4 5 3 0 5 6 3 3
  7. (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-UISlysGi
  8. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released. Categories (topical): Cricket Translations (cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled): lukea (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-9iKWSN1D Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled': 2 2 2 7 3 8 3 34 5 3 3 5 3 0 4 4 7 6
  9. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument): zupfen (German)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-uCQ2k4rf Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 7 2 2 9 1 3 4 5 0 4 4 2 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument': 1 1 5 1 7 5 1 1 47 2 4 3 4 0 7 7 1 2
  10. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-V4uVLRMB Disambiguation of Tools: 7 1 2 10 3 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 4 9 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2
  11. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-fXhukFiS
  12. To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-vHJZqV4r
  13. To steal; to pilfer.
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-lGTpqLv8
  14. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-h81WYoFa
  15. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-NhCaiA4G
  16. (transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-FNqOa6D7
  17. (basketball) To screen. Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-peCo46gv Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  18. (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-pick-en-verb-37Ma6XUC Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mattock Translations (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption): ἐκλέγω (eklégō) (Ancient Greek), dərmək (Azerbaijani), pudo (Bikol Central), бера (bera) (Bulgarian), късам (kǎsam) (Bulgarian), избирам (izbiram) (Bulgarian), collir (Catalan), (zaak⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (zhāi) (Chinese Mandarin), plukken (Dutch), kiezen (Dutch), pluki (Esperanto), poimia (Finnish), valita (Finnish), cueillir (French), choisir (French), pflücken (German), 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan) (Gothic), petik (Indonesian), memetik (Indonesian), reppiä (Ingrian), noppia (Ingrian), noblia (Ingrian), pioc (Irish), raccogliere (Italian), scegliere (Italian), 摘む (tsumu) (Japanese), carpō (Latin), tāhora (Maori), whakiwhaki (Maori), whawhaki (Maori), whiri (Maori), whakatete (english: to pick a fight or argument with someone) (Maori), kōwhiri (Maori), tchilyi (Norman), plukke (Norwegian), velge (Norwegian), чесати (česati) (Old Church Slavonic), zrywać [imperfective] (Polish), zbierać [imperfective] (Polish), wybrać [perfective] (Polish), wybierać [imperfective] (Polish), colher (Portuguese), escolher (Portuguese), p'itiy (Quechua), собира́ть (sobirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собра́ть (sobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), рва́ть (rvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), срыва́ть (sryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сорва́ть (sorvátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выбира́ть (vybirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), выбра́ть (vybrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), recoger (Spanish), plocka (Swedish), välja (Swedish), manguha (Tagalog), kunin (Tagalog), dermek (Turkish), toplamak (Turkish), вибира́ти (vybyráty) (Ukrainian), pigo (Welsh), casglu (Welsh), arêden (Zazaki)

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      "word": "Afro pick"
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      "word": "captain's pick"
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      "word": "pick dressing"
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      "word": "take one's pick"
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        "3": "peck"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of pitch and peck",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pikken",
        "t": "to pick"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch pikken (“to pick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "picken",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
      "expansion": "German picken (“to pick, peck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pikka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse pikka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pjakka"
      },
      "expansion": "pjakka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "pikka",
        "t": "to pick, prick"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "picka",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.\nCognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).",
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    {
      "form": "picks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A tool used for digging; a pickaxe."
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          "tool",
          "tool"
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          "pickaxe",
          "pickaxe"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʿlung",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "քլունգ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "bričʿ",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "բրիչ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sapã"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kirka",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кирка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎrnokop",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "търнокоп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "kanasdetlvdi",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "鶴嘴鋤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "háozuǐchú, hèzuǐchú",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "鹤嘴锄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krumpáč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "hakku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pioche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hacke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pickel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spitzhacke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mákella",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μάκελλα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "csákány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piocóid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piccone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuruhashi",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "つるはし"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kopač",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "копач"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trnokop",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "трнокоп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kōṭāli",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "കോടാലി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "pika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "hakke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kolang",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "کلنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kilof"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oskard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "czekan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "picareta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "târnăcop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kirká",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кирка́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kajló",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "кайло́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hacka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "kazma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kájlo",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "word": "ка́йло"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 3 10 3 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "pickaxe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zengen (diq)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 25, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 41, column 2",
          "text": "It's better to amble around, drop the \"pick\" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anchor."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-gYj2~h~t",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "anchor",
          "anchor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, slang) An anchor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-uha6gLq5",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 49 1 4 0 0 1 0 8 4 3 4 4 7 7 0 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ajine",
          "sense": "hammer for dressing millstones",
          "word": "آژینه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 49 1 4 0 0 1 0 8 4 3 4 4 7 7 0 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hammer for dressing millstones",
          "word": "ajine"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 1 2 10 3 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 4 9 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "en:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-rBZSuCXf",
      "links": [
        [
          "lock pick",
          "lock pick"
        ],
        [
          "picklock",
          "picklock"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wànnéngyàoshí",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "word": "万能钥匙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "word": "tiirikka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "passe-partout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dietrich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dirk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wytrych"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otmýčka",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "отмы́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "word": "ganzúa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 0 2 44 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "tool to open a lock",
          "word": "çilingir"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-1WFzMmyD",
      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 3 66 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
          "word": "harva kampa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 3 66 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stuzzicadenti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 3 66 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dilgan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-7yVrQ-mA",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "plectrum",
          "plectrum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-OTM1OnxI",
      "links": [
        [
          "pike",
          "pike"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "buckler",
          "buckler"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It?",
          "text": "France and Russia have the pick of our stables.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A choice; ability to choose."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-noun-O7a4MrS2",
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbor",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "избор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "choice",
          "word": "valinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "choix"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scelta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "valg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wybór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prawo wyboru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "możliwość wyboru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
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          "sense": "choice",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 0 80 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "choice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́бор"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "choice",
          "word": "seçmek"
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          "code": "uk",
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        "That which would be picked or chosen first; the best."
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          "parents": [],
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          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 232",
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          "pasture"
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          "feed"
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        "(Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals."
      ],
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        "Australia"
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Basketball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        "A screen."
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        [
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          "screen",
          "screen"
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        "(basketball) A screen."
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      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaslon",
          "sense": "basketball: screen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 55 4 5 4 5 3 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "écran (only used in the verbal locution faire écran)",
          "sense": "basketball: screen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "basketball: screen",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barriera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 55 4 5 4 5 3 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "basketball: screen",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zasłona"
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          "_dis1": "2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 55 4 5 4 5 3 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaslón",
          "sense": "basketball: screen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "засло́н"
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          "name": "Lacrosse",
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          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Racquet sports",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
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        "(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate."
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      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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        "(American football) An interception."
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        "American-football",
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        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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        "sports"
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        "(baseball) A pickoff."
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        "baseball",
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        "sports"
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          "parents": [
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            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
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            "Sciences",
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          "ref": "c. 1866, Thomas MacKellar, The American Printer",
          "text": "If it be in the smallest degree gritty, it clogs the form, and consequently produces a thick and imperfect impression; no pains should, therefore, be spared to render it perfectly smooth; it may then be made to work as clear and free from picks",
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        }
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        "(printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet."
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        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
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            "Fundamental"
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Society",
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        "That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture."
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        "(art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture."
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          "text": "so many picks to an inch",
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        }
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        "(weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread."
      ],
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pīcung",
        "t": "a pricking"
      },
      "expansion": "pīcung (“a pricking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "pīcan"
      },
      "expansion": "pīcan",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "t": "to pick, prick, pluck"
      },
      "expansion": "pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*pikkōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "t": "to pick, peck, prick, knock"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bew-",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bu-",
        "t": "to make a dull, hollow sound"
      },
      "expansion": "*bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "pitch",
        "3": "peck"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of pitch and peck",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pikken",
        "t": "to pick"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch pikken (“to pick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "picken",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
      "expansion": "German picken (“to pick, peck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pikka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse pikka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pjakka"
      },
      "expansion": "pjakka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "pikka",
        "t": "to pick, prick"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "picka",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.\nCognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).",
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      "form": "picks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "picking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "picked",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "picked",
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        "past"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "mattock"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't pick at that scab."
        },
        {
          "text": "He picked his nose."
        }
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        "To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails."
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          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ],
        [
          "fingernail",
          "fingernail"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʿčʿpʿorel",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "քչփորել"
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hvaštam",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "хващам"
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "prendre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
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        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "lesa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "pioc"
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        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "prendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "carpō"
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          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "pehpena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "pilke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "plukke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dłubać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "grzebać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "gmerać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "pegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "hurgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "plocka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 1 11 6 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "nōṇṭu",
          "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
          "word": "நோண்டு"
        }
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time to pick the tomatoes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-en:harvest",
      "links": [
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          "harvest"
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        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "consumption",
          "consumption"
        ],
        [
          "removing",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "entire",
          "entire"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She picked flowers in the meadow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to pick feathers from a fowl",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-c3a1Xg0S"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to pick rags",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-~hK38tTc"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb--c6DX2YY"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 10 2 3 6 1 4 5 3 0 5 6 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll pick the one with the nicest name.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decide upon, from a set of options; to select."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-xcBgAddh",
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-UISlysGi",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cricket",
          "orig": "en:Cricket",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-9iKWSN1D",
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "recognise",
          "recognise"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "bowled",
          "bowled"
        ],
        [
          "bowler",
          "bowler"
        ],
        [
          "studying",
          "studying"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 7 3 8 3 34 5 3 3 5 3 0 4 4 7 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled",
          "word": "lukea"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He picked a tune on his banjo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-uCQ2k4rf",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
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        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 1 7 5 1 1 47 2 4 3 4 0 7 7 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument",
          "word": "zupfen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 1 2 10 3 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 4 9 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "en:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-V4uVLRMB",
      "links": [
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
        ],
        [
          "lock pick",
          "lock pick"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1693, John Dryden, Third Satire of Persius",
          "text": "Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-fXhukFiS"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-vHJZqV4r"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To steal; to pilfer."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-lGTpqLv8"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To throw; to pitch."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-h81WYoFa",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To throw; to pitch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-NhCaiA4G",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Victor Whitechurch, Thrilling Stories of the Railway",
          "text": "Naphtha lamps shed a weird light over a busy scene, for the work was being continued night and day. A score or so of sturdy navvies were shovelling and picking along the track.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-FNqOa6D7",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Basketball",
          "orig": "en:Basketball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To screen."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-peCo46gv",
      "links": [
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) To screen."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (American)",
          "orig": "en:Football (American)",
          "parents": [
            "Football",
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The pass was almost picked, but the tight end was able to hold on.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick-en-verb-37Ma6XUC",
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ],
        [
          "intercept",
          "intercept"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰɪk]"
    },
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      "homophone": "pic"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪk"
    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "dərmək"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pudo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bera",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "бера"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎsam",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "късам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "collir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zaak⁶",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhāi",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plukken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pluki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "poimia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "cueillir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pflücken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "petik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "memetik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "reppiä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "noppia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "noblia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pioc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "raccogliere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumu",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘む"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "carpō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "tāhora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whakiwhaki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whawhaki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "tchilyi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plukke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "česati",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "чесати"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zrywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbierać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "colher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "p'itiy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobrátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "собра́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рва́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "срыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sorvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сорва́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "recoger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plocka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "manguha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kunin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "dermek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "toplamak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "casglu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "arêden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbiram",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "избирам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kiezen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "valita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "choisir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "waljan",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eklégō",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "ἐκλέγω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "scegliere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whiri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "to pick a fight or argument with someone",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whakatete"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kōwhiri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "velge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wybrać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wybierać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "escolher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vybirátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выбира́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vybrátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "выбра́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "välja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 25 2 8 24 4 6 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 4 3 5 5",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vybyráty",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "вибира́ти"
    }
  ],
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    "pick"
  ],
  "word": "pick"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Slovene translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪk",
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    {
      "word": "Afro pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "captain's pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "floss pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "guitar pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoofpick"
    },
    {
      "word": "lock pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "mill pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "pickaxe"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick dressing"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick gun"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick hammer"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick of the crop"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick of the litter"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick packer"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick scrape"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick six"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick slide"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick stitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "sandwich pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "take one's pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "toe pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "toothpick"
    },
    {
      "word": "tramp-pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "water pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "worm pick"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "3": "piken"
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      "expansion": "Middle English piken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "picken"
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      "expansion": "picken",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "pikken"
      },
      "expansion": "pikken",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to pick, prick, pluck"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bew-"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bew-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bu-",
        "t": "to make a dull, hollow sound"
      },
      "expansion": "*bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pitch",
        "3": "peck"
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      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pikken",
        "t": "to pick"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch pikken (“to pick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "picken",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
      "expansion": "German picken (“to pick, peck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pikka"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "pjakka"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "picka",
        "t": "to pick, peck"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.\nCognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).",
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    {
      "form": "picks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tool used for digging; a pickaxe."
      ],
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        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "pickaxe",
          "pickaxe"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 25, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 41, column 2",
          "text": "It's better to amble around, drop the \"pick\" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An anchor."
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        [
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          "nautical"
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          "anchor",
          "anchor"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, slang) An anchor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones."
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock."
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      "links": [
        [
          "lock pick",
          "lock pick"
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        [
          "picklock",
          "picklock"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
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      "glosses": [
        "A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum."
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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        [
          "plectrum",
          "plectrum"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pike",
          "pike"
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        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
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          "buckler",
          "buckler"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It?",
          "text": "France and Russia have the pick of our stables.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A choice; ability to choose."
      ],
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        [
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          "choice"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "That which would be picked or chosen first; the best."
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 69",
          "text": "‘She's all African grass and Brahmans. There's not a blade of native pick left, except on the ridges.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 232",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pasture; feed, for animals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pasture",
          "pasture"
        ],
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Basketball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A screen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
        ],
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) A screen."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Lacrosse"
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      "glosses": [
        "An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lacrosse",
          "lacrosse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lacrosse",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Football (American)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interception."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ],
        [
          "interception",
          "interception"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) An interception."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good defensive play by an infielder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
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        [
          "infielder",
          "infielder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder."
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      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pickoff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
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        [
          "pickoff",
          "pickoff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) A pickoff."
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      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1866, Thomas MacKellar, The American Printer",
          "text": "If it be in the smallest degree gritty, it clogs the form, and consequently produces a thick and imperfect impression; no pains should, therefore, be spared to render it perfectly smooth; it may then be made to work as clear and free from picks",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet."
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        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet."
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        "dated"
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        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Art",
        "en:Painting"
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        "That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "art#Noun"
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        [
          "painting",
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "painting",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "art",
        "arts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Weaving"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "so many picks to an inch",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weaving",
          "weaving#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "shuttle",
          "shuttle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles",
        "weaving"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/pɪk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰɪk]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pic"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪk"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʿlung",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "քլունգ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bričʿ",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "բրիչ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sapã"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kirka",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кирка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎrnokop",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "търнокоп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pic"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "kanasdetlvdi",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "鶴嘴鋤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háozuǐchú, hèzuǐchú",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "鹤嘴锄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krumpáč"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "hakku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pioche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hacke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pickel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spitzhacke"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mákella",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μάκελλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "csákány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piocóid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piccone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuruhashi",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "つるはし"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kopač",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "копач"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trnokop",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трнокоп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kōṭāli",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "കോടാലി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "pika"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "hakke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kolang",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "کلنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilof"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oskard"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czekan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "picareta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "târnăcop"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kirká",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кирка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kajló",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кайло́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "kazma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kájlo",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "word": "ка́йло"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "pickaxe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zengen (diq)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ajine",
      "sense": "hammer for dressing millstones",
      "word": "آژینه"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hammer for dressing millstones",
      "word": "ajine"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wànnéngyàoshí",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "word": "万能钥匙"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "word": "tiirikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passe-partout"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dietrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wytrych"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmýčka",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отмы́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "word": "ganzúa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tool to open a lock",
      "word": "çilingir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
      "word": "harva kampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stuzzicadenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "comb with long widely spaced teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbor",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "избор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "choice",
      "word": "valinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "choix"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "choice",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "scelta"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "choice",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "valg"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wybór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prawo wyboru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "możliwość wyboru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kandydat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbor",
      "sense": "choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "choice",
      "word": "seçmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výbir",
      "sense": "choice",
      "word": "ви́бір"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaslon",
      "sense": "basketball: screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заслон"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "écran (only used in the verbal locution faire écran)",
      "sense": "basketball: screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "basketball: screen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barriera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "basketball: screen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zasłona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaslón",
      "sense": "basketball: screen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засло́н"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "pick"
  ],
  "word": "pick"
}

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    {
      "word": "a bone to pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "bone to pick"
    },
    {
      "word": "cherry-pick"
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    {
      "word": "crow to pick"
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      "word": "hand-pick"
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      "word": "handpick"
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      "word": "hand-picked"
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      "word": "have a bone to pick"
    },
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      "word": "know how to pick 'em"
    },
    {
      "word": "nitpick"
    },
    {
      "word": "nose-pick"
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    {
      "word": "nose-picking"
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      "word": "pick a fight"
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    {
      "word": "pick a hole in someone's coat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick a lane"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick and choose"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick and pack"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick and pass"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick and place"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick and roll"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick apart"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick a quarrel"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick at"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-at-will"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick away at"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick bids off the wall"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick corners"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick 'em"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-fault"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick fault"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick flowers"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick from a hat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick gooseberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick holes"
    },
    {
      "word": "pickin' and grinnin'"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-me"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-me boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick-me girl"
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    {
      "word": "pick 'n' mix"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick oakum"
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    {
      "word": "pick off"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick on"
    },
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      "word": "pick one's battles"
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      "word": "pick one's nose"
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      "word": "pick one's way"
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      "word": "pick out"
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      "word": "pick out of a hat"
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      "word": "pick over"
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      "word": "pickpocket"
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    {
      "word": "pick-quarrel"
    },
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      "word": "pick sides"
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      "word": "pick somebody's brain"
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      "word": "pick someone's brain"
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      "word": "pick someone's brains"
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      "word": "pick the wrong horse"
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      "word": "pick through"
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      "word": "pick up"
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      "word": "pick up on"
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      "word": "picky"
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      "word": "pick your poison"
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          "text": "Don't pick at that scab."
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          "text": "to pick rags",
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        {
          "text": "to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket",
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "I'll pick the one with the nicest name.",
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        "To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises."
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        {
          "ref": "1693, John Dryden, Third Satire of Persius",
          "text": "Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore?",
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        "To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble."
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          "text": "I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs."
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        "To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care."
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      "glosses": [
        "To steal; to pilfer."
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        "To throw; to pitch."
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        "(obsolete) To throw; to pitch."
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        "obsolete"
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        "To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin."
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        "(dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin."
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          "text": "to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.",
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          "ref": "1912, Victor Whitechurch, Thrilling Stories of the Railway",
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        "To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points."
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        "(basketball) To screen."
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        {
          "text": "The pass was almost picked, but the tight end was able to hold on.",
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        "To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player."
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        "(American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player."
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      "ipa": "[pʰɪk]"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/En-us-pick.ogg/En-us-pick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/En-us-pick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-pick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-pick.ogg/En-au-pick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-pick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʿčʿpʿorel",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "քչփորել"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "pegañ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvaštam",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "хващам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "plukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "nemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "krabben"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "tonkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "prendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "cueillir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "lesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "pioc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "prendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "carpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "pehpena"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "pilke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "plukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dłubać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "grzebać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gmerać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "pegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "hurgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "plocka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "nōṇṭu",
      "sense": "to grasp and pull with fingers",
      "word": "நோண்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "dərmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bera",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "бера"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎsam",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "късам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "collir"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zaak⁶",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhāi",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pluki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "poimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "cueillir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pflücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "petik"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "memetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "reppiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "noppia"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "noblia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pioc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "raccogliere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumu",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "摘む"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "carpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "tāhora"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whakiwhaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whawhaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "tchilyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "česati",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "чесати"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zrywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "colher"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "p'itiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobirátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "собира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobrátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "собра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "срыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sorvátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сорва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "recoger"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "plocka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "manguha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kunin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "dermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "toplamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "casglu"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "arêden"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbiram",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "избирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kiezen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "valita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "choisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "waljan",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eklégō",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "ἐκλέγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "pioc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "scegliere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "to pick a fight or argument with someone",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "whakatete"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "kōwhiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "velge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wybrać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wybierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "escolher"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vybirátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выбира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vybrátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "выбра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "välja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vybyráty",
      "sense": "to remove a fruit or plant for consumption",
      "word": "вибира́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cricket: to recognise the type of ball being bowled",
      "word": "lukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: to pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument",
      "word": "zupfen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pick"
  ],
  "word": "pick"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to decide upon, from a set of options; to select', 2: 'choose', 3: 'select#Verb'}",
  "path": [
    "pick",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "pick",
  "trace": ""
}

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