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| call for |
to stop by for; fetch; pick up. [1/3 definitions] |
| choose |
to pick one or more things or people from a group. [1/2 definitions] |
| draw |
to pick or be dealt. [1/8 definitions] |
| elephant |
an enormous mammal with a very long nose called a trunk. Elephants have curved tusks, huge, floppy ears, and four long, thick legs. Elephants use their trunks to pick up food, drink water, or lift things. They use their tusks to dig roots. Elephants travel in herds, eating tons of plants every day. African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. Indian elephants are smaller and can be trained to work with people. |
| fetch |
to go somewhere, pick up something, and bring it back. |
| gather |
to pick or harvest (plants or crops). [1/12 definitions] |
| handpick |
to pick (fruits or the like) by hand rather than by machine. [1/2 definitions] |
| harvest |
to gather (ripe crops); pick or reap. [2/11 definitions] |
| jack |
(pl. but used with a sing. verb) a game, usu. played by children, the object of which is to pick up as many small, star-shaped metal pieces as one can while bouncing a ball. [1/7 definitions] |
| lift |
to pick up in one's hand or hands. [1/12 definitions] |
| nutpick |
a small, thin, usu. metal rod with a sharp point, used to pick the meat of a nut from its shell. |
| palm1 |
to pick up in a stealthy manner. [1/4 definitions] |
| peck2 |
to strike, or pick up quickly with the beak. [1/5 definitions] |
| pick1 |
to use a pick or other pointed tool. [1/14 definitions] |
| pickax |
a pick that has one pointed end and a blade that is shaped liked a chisel on the other end. |
| pickproof |
of a lock, designed so that it is impossible to pick. |
| plectrum |
a small flexible piece of plastic or other material used to pluck a stringed musical instrument; pick. |
| pluck |
to grab with the fingers and pull off; pick. [1/6 definitions] |
| principal's office |
the office of the head of a school, where decisions concerning the school are made and where discipline is sometimes carried out or decided on. The principal's office is also a place where students can wait during school hours for someone to pick them up if they need to go home for some reason. |
| ripe |
finished growing and ready to pick and eat. |
| sandstorm |
a storm, esp. in the desert, with high winds that pick up sand and drive it through the air. |
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