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(v)
(US) Alternative spelling of pickaxe. [To use a pickaxe.]
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(n)
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
(weaving) To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.
(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
(transitive) To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
(intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
(adj)
Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
(transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
(transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
(transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
(ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
(transitive) To strike with the beak.
(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively.
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
The process or act of selecting.
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
(intransitive) To swim under water.
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
Alternative spelling of headbutt. [(transitive) To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.]
(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
(intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
(transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
Primarily physical senses.
The process of building up a stockpile.
(informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To delete.
To collect normally separate things.
(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
The act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined).
(medicine) Initialism of peripherally inserted central catheter.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
(transitive) To create.
Initialism of Insane Clown Posse: an American hip hop duo formed in 1989.
(transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
(medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
The act by which something is taken.
(transitive) To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
(transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.
(Incoterm) Initialism of carriage and insurance paid to.
(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
(intransitive) To choose; select.
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
The act of making a choice.
One of a set of choices that can be made.
That have been selected or chosen.
To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
picked; selected
(medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
(law) A thing; personal property.
A female given name from Persian.
A surname.
(N)
a small city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.