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select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully" look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" blame: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" choice: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel" picking: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" cream: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" clean: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" woof: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving pilfer or rob; "pick pockets" foot: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument pluck: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks" a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" peck: hit lightly with a picking motion a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick" nibble: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" choice: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
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| Pick's disease |
a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia
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| Pick bodies |
filamentous intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in neurons in Pick's disease (def. 1).
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| pickwickian syndrome |
extreme obesity along with shallow breathing, sleep apnea, excessive sleepiness, and heart failure
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| pickling |
an acid was h that gets rid of black rust.
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