| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| pick n | (turn to choose) | keus, keuze nw de |
| | The home team has the first pick. |
| pick n | (selection made) | selectie nw de |
| | That wouldn't be everyone's pick, but I guess you know what you like. |
| pick n | (tool) | houweel, pikhouweel nw het |
| | He used a pick to remove a chunk of rock from the cliff face. |
| pick n | (guitar plectrum) | plectrum nw het |
| Opmerking: meervoud: plectrums/plectra |
| | Alex strummed his guitar with a pick. |
| pick n | (toothpick) | tandenstoker nw de |
| | The dentist used a pick to clean the teeth. |
| pick n | US (basketball screen) (basketbal) | blokkering nw de |
| | The guard used a pick to stop the forward. |
| pick vi | (eat slowly and half-heartedly) | kieskauwen onoverg.ww |
| | | met lange tanden eten |
| | Are you going to eat, or just pick? |
| pick vtr | (remove matter from, clean) | verwijderen overg.ww |
| | Doug had to pick thorns out of his trousers. |
| pick vtr | (make one's way) | zich een weg banen wk.ww |
| | The survivors picked their way through the wreckage. |
| pick vtr | (pluck a musical instrument) (snaarinstrument) | spelen overg.ww |
| | My uncle picks a banjo. |
| pick vtr | (break apart with a pick) | splijten overg.ww |
| | He picked the rock carefully in order to remove the fossil. |
| pick vtr | (a pocket: rob) | zakkenrollen ww |
| | The thief picked the passengers' pockets. |
| pick vtr | figurative ([sb]'s brain: question) | ondervragen overg.ww |
| | Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
| pick vtr | (a fight: provoke) | ruzie maken, ruzie zoeken |
| | David always picks fights at school. |
| pick vtr | (a lock: unlock) (van een slot) | openen zonder sleutel overg.ww |
| | (informeel) | openpeuteren overg.ww |
| | The cat burglar picked the lock. |
| pick at [sth] vtr + prep | (eat slowly) | vertaling niet beschikbaar |
| | Edith just picked at her food. |
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| keuze nw de | (het kiezen uit verschillende opties) | choice, pick, selection n |
| | | election n |
| selectie nw de | (het uitkiezen) | selection, choice, pick, option n |
| | | election n |
| | | alternative n |
| kiezen overg. ww | (uit verschillende opties) | choose, select, elect, pick vtr |
| plukken overg.ww | (oogsten) (fruit) | pick vtr |
| selecteren overg.ww | (sorteren, scheiden) | select vtr |
| | | pick vtr |
| keuze nw de | (het gekozene) | choice, pick, selection n |
| selectie nw de | (wat is uitgekozen) | selection, choice, pick,option n |
| | | election n |
| | | alternative n |
Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
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pick [sb/sth] off,
pick off [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | slang (kill one by one) | iem. één voor één neerschieten woordgr |
| | The police sniper picked off the bank robbers one by one. |
| | De scherpschutter van de politie schoot de bankrovers één voor één neer. |
| pick on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (harass, bully [sb]) | iem. pesten overg.ww |
| | Please don't pick on me because I'm small! |
| | Pest me niet omdat ik klein ben. |
| pick [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (choose) | uitkiezen, uitzoeken overg.ww |
| | They've gone to pick out her engagement ring. |
| pick [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (select) | kiezen overg.ww |
| | The professor picked Ken out as his research assistant. |
| pick [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (identify) | onderscheiden, identificeren overg.ww |
| | The woman picked out the thief in an identity parade. |
| pick [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | (collect in vehicle) | ophalen overg.ww |
| | | een lift geven nw+ww |
| | (informeel) | oppikken overg. ww |
| | I'll pick up the kids from school today. |
| pick [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | (grasp, lift) | oppakken, oprapen overg.ww |
| | I picked up the book which had fallen onto the floor. |
| pick [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (seduce) (informeel) | oppikken overg.ww |
| | (slang) | regelen overg. ww |
| pick up vi phrasal | informal (improve) (informeel) | oppikken onoverg.ww |
| | (economie) | aantrekken onoverg.ww |
| | We hope that sales will pick up next month. |
| pick up vi phrasal | informal (answer phone call) (telefoon) | opnemen onoverg. ww |
| | I let the phone ring for ages but he didn't pick up. |
| | Ik liet de telefoon eindeloos rinkelen mar hij nam niet op. |
| pick up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (detect) | merken overg.ww |
| | (informeel) | oppikken overg.ww |
| | I made an error in my calculations, but nobody picked up on it. |
| pick up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (talk about: [sth] mentioned) | terugkomen op, ingaan op ww + vz |