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Picked

/pɪkt/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of pick.

Definitions by Sense

  1. simple past and past participle of pick
  2. (often in combinations) Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word)
  3. Chosen; selected.
  4. (music) Played by picking the strings
  5. (zoology, of fishes) Having a pike or spine on the back.
  6. (obsolete) fine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
  7. (obsolete) pointed; sharp

Example Sentences

For instance, in the year 1582 Akbar, who was a philosopher and a humorist as well as a model ruler, sent an invitation to the 'wise men among the Franks' at Goa to journey to Agra, there to meet in public controversy before him a picked band of Mohammedan mullas and prove the superiority of their faith.
the picked dogfish
He is too / picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were, / too peregrinate, as I may call it.
Why then I suck my teeth and catechize / My picked man of countries:
[…] an useful bow a skilful bowyer wrought, / Which picked and polished both the ends he hid with horns of gold.
A very good way to take them, is to drive a stake into the ground about four foot high above the surface of the earth: Let the stake be made picked at the top, that the jay may not settle on it.

Synonyms for picked

Antonyms for picked

Related Words

pickaxpickaxewoofweftnibblepluckplunkfillingcreamcullbreak uppiecefootpeckbeakfind faultblameplectronchoiceselection

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does picked mean?

Picked means simple past and past participle of pick.

What is a synonym for picked?

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What is the opposite of picked?

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How do you use picked in a sentence?

For instance, in the year 1582 Akbar, who was a philosopher and a humorist as well as a model ruler, sent an invitation to the 'wise men among the Franks' at Goa to journey to Agra, there to meet in public controversy before him a picked band of Mohammedan mullas and prove the superiority of their faith.

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