pick vs pride

pick

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

pride

noun
  • A company of lions or other large felines. 

  • Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal. 

  • That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. 

  • A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame 

  • Show; ostentation; glory. 

  • The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis. 

  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation. 

  • The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. 

  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness. 

  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory. 

verb
  • To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. 

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