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clean — [adj1] not dirty; uncluttered apple pie order*, blank, bright, cleansed, clear, delicate, dirtless, elegant, faultless, flawless, fresh, graceful, hygienic, immaculate, laundered, neat, neat as a button*, neat as a pin*, orderly, pure, sanitary,… … New thesaurus
Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pick up after — ˌpick ˈup ˌafter [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pick up after he/she/it picks up after present participle picking up after … Useful english dictionary
pick your teeth — phrase to remove small pieces of food from between your teeth Thesaurus: caring for your teeth and mouthhyponym clean and tidy in appearancesynonym Main entry: pick … Useful english dictionary
clean up — pick up garbage, put away clothes or toys, wash Lorne, please clean up the mess in your bedroom … English idioms
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 — I n. tool for breaking an ice pick II n. (colloq.) selection to take one s pick III v. 1) (C) ( to select ) pick a nice melon for me; or: pick me a nice melon 2) (d; intr.) to pick at ( to eat sparingly ) (to pick at one s food) 3) (D; tr.) ( to… … Combinatory dictionary
pick something clean — completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass * * * pick (something) clean : to remove all the material that covers something The birds picked the bones clean. = The bones were picked clean by the birds. • • • Main Entry: ↑pick … Useful english dictionary
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