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This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.

According to WordNet, the verb "pick" has 12 sense(s).

201243474 hit lightly with a picking motion.

201382083 look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers".

201647131 provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel".

200178102 remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone".

200676450 select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully".

202321648 pilfer or rob; "pick pockets".

201174294 eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles".

200177714 remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey".

200842772 harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother".

202287209 pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill".

201442578 attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice".

201452546 pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin".

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