pick vs saffron

pick

verb
  • To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. 

  • 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 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. 

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. 

saffron

verb
  • To embellish. 

  • To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc. 

  • To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye. 

  • To give a saffron colour to (something). 

  • To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron. 

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

noun
  • An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt. 

  • A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent. 

  • The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. 

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