pick through

pick through
pick over (or pick through) sort through (a number of items) carefully.
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  • pick through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pick through : present tense I/you/we/they pick through he/she/it picks through present participle picking through past tense picked through past participle picked through pick through something to search… …   English dictionary

  • pick something over (or pick through) — sort through a number of items carefully. → pick …   English new terms dictionary

  • pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pick — pick1 verb 1》 take hold of and remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing.     ↘(often pick someone/thing up) take hold of and lift or move.     ↘(pick up) Golf take hold of and lift up one s ball, especially when conceding a hole. 2》… …   English new terms dictionary

  • pick — I UK [pɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pick : present tense I/you/we/they pick he/she/it picks present participle picking past tense picked past participle picked *** 1) a) to choose someone or something from a group Out of all the girls he …   English dictionary

  • Pick operating system — Company / developer Don Nelson, Dick Pick, TRW Programmed in Assembly language Initial release 1965 (GIRLS), 1973 (Reality Operating System) Marketing target Business data processing Available …   Wikipedia

  • Pick Up Stix — is a fast casual restaurant chain that serves fresh Asian cuisine through corporate owned restaurants and franchises in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Pick Up Stix restaurants serve both dine in and take out customers, and Pick Up Stix offers… …   Wikipedia

  • Pick tapping — (or Pick Trilling ) is a fast guitar playing technique wherein the pick (or plectrum) is used to sharply fret notes on the instrument s fretboard. In some ways it is similar to regular one handed tapping, except that the sharp edge of the pick is …   Wikipedia

  • Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program — Pick Sloan Plan for Missouri River Basin, 1992. The Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program, formerly called the Missouri River Basin Project, was initially authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, which approved the general comprehensive plan for… …   Wikipedia

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