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picked

1

[pikt]

adjective

  1. specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill.

    a crew of picked men.

  2. cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: pick.

    picked fruit.



picked

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[pik-id, pikt]

adjective

Chiefly Dialect.
  1. having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of picked1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; pick 1, -ed 2

Origin of picked2

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; pick 2, -ed 3
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The children picked up from each other using phrases such as "I would like to build on" or "I would like to challenge" the ideas put forward by their classmates.

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The board-certified internist asserted her authority by wielding data, what she called “brute force” and the soft persuasion of an occasional gift of an orchid, picked from her garden in suburban Maryland.

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“You saw thousands of people on the streets celebrating resistance and saying that ‘You picked the wrong city to try to occupy.’”

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He was picked up in neighbouring Kenya, taken across the border and then charged in a military court with possession of pistols and attempting to purchase weapons abroad, which he denied.

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At the end of the day, if I'm being picked, it's clear I'm good enough to play for England.

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