PICKED

Definition: PICKED

PICKED

Adjective

1. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.

2. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.

3. Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.

4. Pointed; sharp.

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Pick

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PICKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Inexpedience

Best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned, unparalleled; (supreme); superlatively; good; bully, crackajack, giltedged; superfine,

Proficient

Picked man; medallist, prizeman.

Crosswords: PICKED

We just picked the wrong first husband (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.)

I've had three chances to be picked up in the last five minutes (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

They've picked up our trail (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I picked you for the job, not because I think you're so darn smart, but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder)

You afraid I'm gonna get picked off in my snazzy running suit (The Bodyguard; writing credit: Lawrence Kasdan)

Something that he picked up from a kid (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall)

Now what if I told you the game you played, I picked it (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy)

Picked up the pace (Counting Blue Cars; performing artist: Dishwalla)

So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news (You Were Meant For Me; performing artist: Jewel)

You picked a fine time to leave me,Lucille (Lucille; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? (references; author: unknown)

A Picked Romance (1926)

When Slim Picked a Peach (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Boy Picked Up by the Wind: Poems (reference)

• Teaching School: Points Picked Up (reference)

• The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up (reference)

• The Hand Picked Bride (Harlequin Silhouette Desire, No 1119) (reference)

• The Life and Times of the Last Kid Picked (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hand Picked Tunes (reference)

• Last One Picked (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Picking up pilot and radio operator from recon airplane off Oahu Plane ran out of fuel and landed on water searching for Japanese fleet Picked up by EXPLORER 3 days after Pearl Harbor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Random rocks and barnacle picked up on the beach at Gig Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Survey launch on the EXPLORER being picked up at the end of a survey day in the Pribilof Islands. Launch OIC is passing boat sheet to ship. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Tree rippened orange hand picked to sell as fruit. Credit: USDA.

On a tobacco farm in the Danville, VA area migrant Mexican worker Miguel Diaz carries picked tobacco from a field. Credit: USDA.

Freshly picked okra. Credit: USDA.

Fresh picked McIntosh apples at an orchard. Credit: USDA.

Eva Mae Mills, a crew boss at an orchard in the Oxford, Maine area, checks picked apples loaded in boxes. Credit: USDA.

Close up of hand picked yellow delicious in Yakima Valley, WA. Credit: USDA.

Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He that is nourished by the acorns he picked up under an oak, or the apples he gathered from the trees in the wood, has certainly appropriated them to himself. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I picked up off the ground things that was there

Joad picked it up and looked at it.

But the next morning Glumdalclitch, my little nurse, told me the whole matter, which she had cunningly picked out from her mother

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

PPH is rarely picked up in a routine medical examination. (references)

Do not collect or eat wild fruits or vegetables picked directly from the ground. (references)

By touching and bringing to your mouth cysts (eggs) picked up from surfaces that are contaminated with E. histolytica. (references)

Business

Since 1997, domestic demand has picked up, through strong domestic consumption and investment. (references)

At least eight protesters were picked up by police in Tiananmen Square during the 15th Party Congress. (references)

They have since picked up and now a respectable 4.4 million households subscribe (1 million for ONdigital and 3.4 million for BskyB). (references)

Economic History

Thailand

The medical device market in Thailand picked up slightly in 2000, will remain stable in 2001, and again will resume growth of 10-20 percent in 2002 and 2003 given that most hospitals plan to replace devices bought before 1997 in this upcoming period . Public hospitals are major buyers of medical devices and supplies in Thailand. (references)

Romania

GDP, which had fallen for three consecutive years, stabilized in 1993 and registered 3.4% growth in 1994, 6.9% in 1995, and 4% in 1996. Since 1997, there has again been a decline in GDP of -6.6% in 1997, -7.3% in 1998, and (est.) -4.5% in 1999. Monthly retail price inflation, which averaged 12.1% in 1993 (the equivalent of 256% annually), declined to 28% in 1995. However, inflation picked up again in 1996 and 1997 due to excessive government spending in late 1996, and price and exchange rate liberalization in early 1997. Inflation in 1999 hovered around 50%. The government has committed itself to reduce the inflation rate by half in 2000. (references)

Austria

Recently projected lower real economic growth rates for 2001/2002 will not have a significant impact because inflation has picked up, leaving almost unchanged the nominal GDP figures which are decisive for tax and other budget revenues. (references)

Human Rights

Eritrea

There was an unconfirmed report that in August four ethnic Kunama disappeared after they were picked up by Eritrean soldiers. (references)

Argentina

On one occasion, when she picked up Gonzalez at the police station, she was told that next time he would be turned over to her in a casket like her other son. (references)

Ecuador

On February 27, in Guayaquil, Police Sub-Lieutenant Rivera and his partner Officer Yepez picked up Joffre Aroca for vagrancy during a routine "Plan Mas Seguridad" patrol. (references)

Political Economy

ROMANIA

Despite a slow start, market-based economic reforms have steadily picked up pace in 2001, the first year of the new government GDP growth has increased dramatically, exports have continued to grow, moderately tight fiscal policy has resulted in lower inflation, there has been modest progress in privatization, and industrial output has increased. (references)

COLOMBIA

Economic growth slowed beginning in 1996, until the first recession since 1931 began in late 1998. Colombia's economy picked up again after the 1998-99 recession, the worst in seventy years in a country accustomed to more than forty years of steady growth. (references)

Ghana

In the December 28 run-off election, Kufuor defeated Mills by winning 56.73% of the vote and the NPP picked up one additional MP by winning a by-election, giving them 100 seats and a majority in Parliament. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

If items are not picked up at customs (and are forwarded by the broker), there is an additional 1 SF per parcel or a minimum of SF 10 per shipment. (references)

Women

Kuwait

In October the court threw out a case of a runaway maid who was reportedly picked up by two rapists and held for 4 days, because she did not cry for help or attempt to escape when left alone by the alleged rapists. (references)

Fiji

During the year, the police began a program to find unaccompanied women and drive them to their neighborhood police station to be picked up by a family member. (references)

Worker Rights

Canada

In February Vancouver police picked up an 11-year-old prostitute who said that she had been kidnaped in the United States and forced to work as a prostitute. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "PICKED": be picked up ♦ hand picked ♦ newly picked ♦ picked dogfish ♦ picked out ♦ picked up from. Additional references.

Beginning with "PICKED": picked-clean, picked-on, picked-up.

Ending with "PICKED": clean-picked, december-picked, dew-picked, fast-picked, finger-picked, freshly-picked, fresh-picked, gallup-picked, hand-picked, hind-picked, late-picked, nit-picked, sweep-picked, thumb-picked, tremolo-picked, well-picked.

Containing "PICKED": hand-picked candidate.

Albanian

i zgjedhur (choosy, chosen, elect, elected, elective, recherche, refined, selected), i qëruar, gati (about, all but, almost, at hand, but, in line, in store, much, nearly, practically, prepared, pretty, ready, scarcely, virtual, well nigh). (various references)

Arabic 

‏المختار (select). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отбран (choice, select), най-добър (best, only, optimum, topflight, tops), елитен (crack), подбран (assorted, choice, exclusive, handpicked, picked out, select, selected), избран (choice, chosen, elect, elected, select). (various references)

Chinese 

采摘 (Picking, pickings). (various references)

Czech

zahrocený. (various references)

Danish

plukket bomuld (picked cotton, snapped cotton), ved fuldautomatiske kartoffellaeggemaskiner tages kartoflerne fra forraadsbeholderen af cellehjul eller kopelevator (in automatic potato planters the seed is picked up from the hopper by the cell wheel or chain and cup elevator itself), udsøgt uld (picked wool, sorted wool), renset bomuld (picked cotton), klargjorte roerledningssektioner placeres paa traeslisker med saekke med straa-eller plasticfyld for at beskytte deres coating,hvorefter de loeftes for saa at blive lagt ned i roergraven ved hjaelp af traktoren med sidebom (and then picked up and lowered into the ditch by side-boom tractors, completed pipeline sections are laid on timber skids, with straw-or plastic-filled bags to protect the coating), efter hoest bliver bomulden presset i baller (after being picked the cotton is baled), den mest noejagtige lokalisering af,hvor der skal udfoeres perforeringer,opnaas gennem kombineret brug af logs,der bestemmer foringsroerenes kraver,og radioaktiv log:den zone,der skal perforeres,vaelges paa den radioaktive log,og alle maalinger foretages (and all measurements are made relative to casing collars which are located by wire detectors attached to the perforating gun, the most accurate placement of shots is obtained through the combined use of the collar and radioactivity logs:the zone to be perforated is picked on the radioactivity log). (various references)

Dutch

uitgezochte wol (picked wool), met de hand geplukte katoen (picked cotton), kant-en-klare stukken pijpleiding worden op houten laadborden gelegd,waarop ter bescherming van de deklaag met stro of plastic gevulde zakken zijn aangebracht,waarna de pijpen met behulp van zijheftractoren worden opgenomen en in de sleuf neergelaten (and then picked up and lowered into the ditch by side-boom tractors, completed pipeline sections are laid on timber skids, with straw-or plastic-filled bags to protect the coating), de nauwkeurigste plaatsing van de patronen wordt verkregen door een gecombineerd gebruik van de buismof-en radioactiviteitsprofielen;de te perforeren zone wordt bepaald aan de hand van het radioactiviteitsprofiel en alle metingen worden verricht ten opzic (and all measurements are made relative to casing collars which are located by wire detectors attached to the perforating gun, the most accurate placement of shots is obtained through the combined use of the collar and radioactivity logs:the zone to be perforated is picked on the radioactivity log), de geplukte katoen wordt in balen geperst (after being picked the cotton is baled), bij automatische aardappelpootmachines nemen de door pootraderen of bakjeselevatoren de poters zelf uit de voorraadbak (in automatic potato planters the seed is picked up from the hopper by the cell wheel or chain and cup elevator itself). (various references)

Farsi 

پوست کنده (Aboveboard), پاک کرده , نوک تیز (Acute, Pungent, Rack, Taper), نوک دار (Cuspidate, Headed, Sharp), کلنگ خورده , لخت (Bare, Lax, Naked, Nude, Stodgy), خاردار (Barbed, Thorny), انتخاب شده , برگزیده (Choice, Chosen, Favorite, Select, Selective). (various references)

Finnish

valiojoukko (picked troop, select body, the élite), tyhjäksi poimittu (picked bare). (various references)

French

sélectionné, choisi. (various references)

German

genommen (kept, taken, took), abgepflückt. (various references)

Greek 

καθαρισμένοσ, εκλεκτόσ (choice, chosen, elect, exquisite, recherche, select). (various references)

Hebrew 

מובחר (a, chosen, luxe, prime, selected), תלוש (check, coupon, detached, plucked, slip, stub, torn out). (various references)

Hungarian

válogatott (assorted, choice, elect, hand picked, select, selected), szemelt. (various references)

Indonesian

terpilih (chosen). (various references)

Italian

raccolto (collected, crop, engrossed, gathered, harvest, haul, set, snug, vintage, yield). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

精鋭　 (efficient, elite, powerful), 精鋭 (efficient, elite, powerful). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいえい (efficient, elite, portrait, powerful, your health and prosperity). (various references)

Korean 

쑤시는 (Tingled). (various references)

Manx

teiyt (fancy, high-grade, plum, selected, well-chosen). (various references)

Pig Latin

ickedpay.(various references)

Portuguese

selecionado (choice, select, selected), escolhido (chosen, selected). (various references)

Romanian

selecţionat (select), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, exquisite, first rate, grand, high, lofty, rare, remarkable, select, splendid, supreme). (various references)

Russian 

выбирать выбранный, остроконечный (acuminate, cuspidal, cuspidate, gabled, peaked, peaky, pointy, ridged, ridgy, spiky, spiniform), отобранный (handpicked, selected). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izabran (chosen, elected, select, selected). (various references)

Spanish

selecto (choice, fancied, select), escogido (choice, chosen, select, selected, well chosen). (various references)

Swedish

utvald (choice, select), utsökt (choice, consummate, dainty, delicate, delicious, excellent, exquisite, exquisitely, fine), elit-. (various references)

Turkish

seçme (choice, choosing, co-optation, digest, eclectic, pick, recherche, sampling, select, selection, spotting), seçkin (choice, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exclusive, outstanding, pre-eminencent, privileged, prominent, select, selected, topflight, top-hole, top-line, well chosen), seçilmiş (chosen, elective, recherche, select, selected). (various references)

Ukrainian

розпушений, відсортований (assorted), добірний (choice, selected). (various references)

Acanthias vulgaris, cumelecta, electa, electae, electam, electas, electi, electis, electo, electorum, electos, electum, electus, lecta, lectae, lectis, lecto, lectum, lectus, Spinax acanthias, Squalus acanthias, Squalus acanthias Linnaeus. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "PICKED": fingerpicked, handpicked, nitpicked, unpicked. (additional references)

Misspellings

"PICKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: packea, packerd, Pckeg, Pecke, pekkid, Piccard, piced, piched, pickel, pick'em, pickey, Picktel, picqed, picted, piked, pikke, Pilckem, Piscod, pockedy, spicked. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: piked.

-2 letters: cedi, deck, dice, dick, dike, epic, iced, kepi, peck, pice, pick, pied, pike.

-3 letters: cep, die, dip, ice, ick, kep, kid, kip, pec, ped, pic, pie.

-4 letters: de, ed, id, pe, pi.

+1 letter: pickled, pricked.

+2 letters: panicked, pickaxed, picketed, prickled, unpicked.

+3 letters: nitpicked, physicked, pickeered, picnicked.

+4 letters: dropkicker, handpicked, kinescoped, lipsticked, pigsticked, pinpricked, politicked, stockpiled.

+5 letters: dropkickers, mispackaged, pickabacked, piggybacked, pitchforked, placekicked, shipwrecked.