picked

¹

[pikt]

adjective

1. specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill.

   a crew of picked men.

2. cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: pick.

   picked fruit.

picked

²

[pik-id, pikt]

adjective

Chiefly Dialect.

1. having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of picked¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; pick ¹, -ed ²

Origin of picked²

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; pick ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

Mbappe had received treatment for a "small niggle" in his right ankle picked up playing for Real Madrid last weekend.

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I may as well have picked the Wisconsin Badgers.

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It’s the first time since 1984 that three programs ranked in the top four before the season has each picked up two losses in such short order.

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Faced with learning a new offense for the fourth year in a row, he applied learning techniques he picked up at Haas to help him memorize the playbook.

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Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

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