Pick vs. Collect

Picknoun

A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

Picknoun

A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.

Picknoun

A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.

Picknoun

A choice; ability to choose.

Picknoun

That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.

Picknoun

(basketball) A screen.

Picknoun

(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

Picknoun

(American football) An interception.

Picknoun

(baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.

Picknoun

(baseball) A pickoff.

Picknoun

(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.

Picknoun

A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

Picknoun

(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Picknoun

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.

Picknoun

That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.

Picknoun

(weaving) 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.

Pickverb

To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.

Pickverb

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.

Pickverb

To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.

Pickverb

To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.

Pickverb

To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.

Pickverb

To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.

Pickverb

(cricket) 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.

Pickverb

(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.

Pickverb

To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.

Pickverb

To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

Pickverb

To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

Pickverb

To steal; to pilfer.

Pickverb

(obsolete) To throw; to pitch.

Pickverb

(dated) 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.

Pickverb

(ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

Pickverb

To throw; to pitch.

Pickverb

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.

Pickverb

To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.

Pickverb

To open (a lock) as by a wire.

Pickverb

To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.

Pickverb

To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.

Pickverb

To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; - often with out.

Pickverb

To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; - often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

Pickverb

To trim.

Pickverb

To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

Pickverb

To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

Pickverb

To steal; to pilfer.

Picknoun

A sharp-pointed tool for picking; - often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.

Picknoun

A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, - used for digging ino the ground by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

Picknoun

A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Picknoun

Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick; in cat breeding, the owner of a stud gets the pick of the litter.

Picknoun

That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.

Picknoun

A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.

Picknoun

That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.

Picknoun

The blow which drives the shuttle, - the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute;

Picknoun

the person or thing chosen or selected;

Picknoun

the quantity of a crop that is harvested;

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the best people or things in a group;

Picknoun

the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

Picknoun

a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

Picknoun

a thin sharp implement used for picking;

Picknoun

a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends;

Picknoun

a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body;

Picknoun

the act of choosing or selecting;

Pickverb

select carefully from a group;

Pickverb

look for and gather;

Pickverb

harass with constant criticism;

Pickverb

provoke;

Pickverb

remove in small bits;

Pickverb

remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;

Pickverb

pilfer or rob;

Pickverb

pay for something;

Pickverb

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion;

Pickverb

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;

Pickverb

hit lightly with a picking motion

Pickverb

eat intermittently; take small bites of;

Pickverb

detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing

Pickverb

take hold of and lift or move

Pickverb

take hold of and lift up one's ball, especially when conceding a hole.

Pickverb

choose (someone or something) from a number of alternatives

Pickverb

walk slowly and carefully, selecting the best places to put one's feet

Pickverb

repeatedly pull at something with one's fingers

Pickverb

make (a hole) in fabric by pulling at it with one's fingers

Pickverb

eat food in small amounts or without much appetite

Pickverb

remove unwanted matter from (one's nose or teeth) by using one's finger or a pointed instrument

Pickverb

criticize someone in a petty way

Pickverb

pluck the strings of (a guitar or banjo)

Picknoun

an act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives

Picknoun

the person or thing perceived as the best in a group

Picknoun

someone or something that has been selected

Picknoun

an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler.

Picknoun

a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

Picknoun

an instrument for picking

Picknoun

a plectrum

Collectverb

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

Collectverb

(transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.

Collectverb

(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

Collectverb

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

Collectverb

To collect payments.

Collectverb

(intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.

Collectverb

(transitive) To infer; to conclude.

Collectverb

To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

Collectadjective

To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

Collectadverb

With payment due from the recipient.

Collectnoun

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

Collectverb

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

Collectverb

To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

Collectverb

To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.

Collectverb

To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

Collectverb

To infer; to conclude.

Collectnoun

A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

Collectnoun

a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

Collectverb

get or gather together;

Collectverb

call for and obtain payment of;

Collectverb

assemble or get together;

Collectverb

get or bring together;

Collectverb

gather or collect;

Collectadjective

payment due by the recipient on delivery;

Collectadverb

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays;

Collectverb

bring or gather together (a number of things)

Collectverb

come together and form a group

Collectverb

systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby

Collectverb

accumulate over a period of time

Collectverb

call for and take away; fetch

Collectverb

call for and obtain (payments) from a number of people

Collectverb

go somewhere and receive (something) as a right or award

Collectverb

ask for and receive (charitable donations)

Collectverb

regain control of oneself, typically after a shock

Collectverb

concentrate (one's thoughts)

Collectverb

conclude; infer

Collectverb

cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves

Collectverb

collide with

Collectadverb

(with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it

Collectadjective

(with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it

Collectnoun

a winning bet.

Collectnoun

(in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season.

Collect

The collect ( KOL-ekt) is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy. Collects appear in the liturgies of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches, among others (in those of Eastern Christianity the Greek term [déesis] synapté is often used instead of the Latin term [oratio] collecta, both having the same meaning).