0 past simple and past participle of pick --
1 to take some things and leave others: --
[ + obj + to infinitive ] She was picked to play for the team.
The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos.
The fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat/at random (= without looking or choosing).
They picked their way (= carefully chose a route) down the broken steps.
He's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful).
The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take.
2 to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers: --
The child continued picking (at) a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers).
[ + obj + adj ] The carcass had been picked clean (= all the flesh had been removed) by other animals and birds.
disapproving He kept picking his nose (= removing mucus from it with his finger).
They were picking strawberries for twelve hours a day.
3 When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument, you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note. --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.