pick Signification, définition

Signification de pick en français

• 0 to decide which of two or more things you want -- choisir

  • Ellie picked the red one. Elle choisit le rouge.

  • He was picked to be the new principal. Il a été choisi pour être le nouveau principal.

• 1 to take a fruit or flower off a plant -- cueillir

  • We were picking apples. Nous cueillions des pommes.

  • He picked a flower and handed it to her. Il cueillit une fleur et la lui donna.

• 2 to scratch or tear pieces off -- gratter

  • Don’t pick your zits. Ne gratte pas tes boutons.

• 3 to ask for information -- faire appel aux lumières de qqn

  • I need to pick your brains about fund raising. Je dois faire appel à tes lumières pour ce qui est de la collecte de fonds.

• 4 to deliberately start a fight -- provoquer une bagarre

  • He got drunk and picked a fight with someone. Il s’est enivré et a provoqué une bagarre avec quelqu’un.

• 5 to pull mucus from your nose -- se curer le nez

• 6 a piece of plastic used to play a guitar -- médiator [ masculine ]

  • a guitar pick un médiator de guitare

• 7 a sharp tool for breaking into hard surfaces -- pic [ masculine ]

  • an ice pick un pic à glace

• 8 sb or sth you think will win or be the best -- le / la favori/-ite de qqn

  • Who’s your pick to win the series? Qui est ton favori pour gagner le championnat ?

• 9 to be allowed to choose whatever you want -- avoir le choix

  • He had his pick of good jobs. Il a le choix parmi de bons emplois.

• 10 the best of -- le/la meilleur/-eure de

  • Their new diesel is the pick of the bunch. Leur nouveau diesel est le meilleur de tous.

• 11 used to tell sb to choose whatever they want -- fais/faites ton/votre choix

  • Take your pick – they’re all fresh from the oven. Faites votre choix ; ils sont tout frais sorti du four.

• 12 to choose or select -- choisir

  • Pick the one you like best.

• 13 to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand -- cueillir

  • The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.

• 14 to lift (someone or something) -- soulever, prendre

  • He picked up the child.

• 15 to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key -- crocheter (une serrure)

  • The thief must have picked the lock with a hair-pin.

• 16 whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses -- choix

  • Take your pick of these prizes.

• 17 the best one(s) from or the best part of something -- le meilleur

  • These grapes are the pick of the bunch.

• 18 (also British pickaxe, American pickax – plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc. -- pic