picked

¹ American  

[pikt] / pɪkt /

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.

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picked ² American  

[pik-id, pikt] / ˈpɪk ɪd, pɪkt /

adjective

Chiefly Dialect.

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

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Etymology

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

That means mail from small post offices might be picked up the next day, rather than the same evening.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another very small movie we made down in Adelaide and Netflix picked up the movie and I remember thinking, “Should we go with them?”

From Los Angeles Times

They booked into their hotel, and then Colville picked up the men in her car.

From BBC

Prices for hotels and tourism-related services picked up in December, offset by package holidays, medicines and some vegetables, the statistics agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The same month, royal records show, British taxpayers picked up a bill for £57,000 for a chartered flight for the former prince to visit Kazakhstan on official business as trade envoy.

From BBC

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