To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
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.
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
To steal; to pilfer.
To screen.
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.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
Pasture; feed, for animals.
A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
A screen.
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
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.
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
A pickoff.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
A choice; ability to choose.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
A good defensive play by an infielder.
An interception.
An anchor.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
To select or choose; to pick.
To accept (zero or more arguments).
To seize or capture.
To remove.
To go.
To become; to be affected in a specified way.
To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
To proceed to fill.
To participate in.
To let in (water).
To move into.
To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
To assume (a form).
To go into, through, or along.
To apply oneself to the study of.
To deal with.
To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
To have sex with.
To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
To obtain for use by payment or lease.
To experience or feel.
To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
To carry or lead (something or someone).
To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
An intensifier.
To require.
To fill, to use up (time or space).
To avail oneself of.
To escort or conduct (a person).
To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
To receive into some relationship.
To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
To catch; to engage.
To grasp or grip.
To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
To exact.
To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
To remove or end by death; to kill.
To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
To believe, to accept the statements of.
To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
To subtract.
To bind oneself by.
To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
To perform (a role).
To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
To accept and follow (advice, etc).
To use as a means of transportation.
To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
To have the intended effect.
To regard in a specified way.
To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
To adopt (select) as one's own.
To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
To adhere or be absorbed properly.
To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
To understand (especially in a specified way).
To have and use one's recourse to.
A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
The or an act of taking.
A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.