[
  {
    "word": "pick",
    "phonetic": "/p\u026ak/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/p\u026ak/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pick-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75899580",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/p\u026ak/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pick-uk.mp3",
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        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/p\u026ak/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pick-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1229927",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A choice; ability to choose.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A screen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An interception.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A good defensive play by an infielder.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pickoff.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "so many picks to an inch"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don't pick at that scab."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It's time to pick the tomatoes."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She picked flowers in the meadow."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pick rags"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll pick the one with the nicest name."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He picked a tune on his banjo."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To steal; to pilfer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To throw; to pitch.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To screen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pick"
    ]
  }
]