Pick

1. A tool for breaking hard surfaces, consisting of a curved bar sharpened at both ends and fitted to a long handle. We needed a pick to dig the hole.
2. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key. We had to pick the lock to get in.
3. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. Don't pick at that scab. Don't pick your nose.
4. (basketball) A block, set with the body, that impeded the vision or movement of an opponent. He set himself up an a pick play.
5. (baseball) Short for a pick-off. He picked off the runner at fist base.
6. A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar. He used a pick to play his guitar.
7. To decide between options. I'll pick the best of the players.
8. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. It is time to pick the peaches.
9. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. He picked a tune on his banjo.
10. A comb with long widely paced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. She used a pick to fix her hair.