An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
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.
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 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 decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
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.
An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
A change in temperament or circumstance.
A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
A single loop of a coil.
Character; personality; nature.
A short skit, act, or routine.
A fit or a period of giddiness.
A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
A pass behind or through an object.
A walk to and fro.
A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
A change of direction or orientation.
A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
The time required to complete a project.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
To magically or divinely attack undead.
To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
To sour or spoil; to go bad.
To reach a certain age.
To sicken; to nauseate.
Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
To complete.
To become (begin to be).
To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
To make (money); turn a profit.
Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To navigate through a book or other printed material.
To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
To change one's direction of travel.
Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
To hinge; to depend.