All English words - page 2734

Meanings of Piccalillis:

noun

A pickle of chopped vegetables, mustard, and hot spices.

Usage examples:

Chutneys, piccalillies, and relishes

Meanings of Piccoloist:

noun

A person who plays the piccolo.

Meanings of Piccolos:

noun

A small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary one.

Usage examples:

This flute has its own piccolo, usually in e, an alto, and a tenor in b, a tone below the concert f…

Meanings of Pice:

noun

A former monetary unit of india and pakistan, equal to one quarter of an anna.

Usage examples:

I will see my daughter married to a crocodile, to a tree, before you get a single pice!

Meanings of Picein:

noun

A glucoside present in various trees, especially willows and conifers; p -hydroxyacetophenone-β-glucoside, ch₃ ·co·c₆ h₄ ·o·c₆ h₁₁ o₅.

Meanings of Picene:

adjective

Of or relating to picenum (modern piceno), an ancient region of eastern central italy, or the pre-roman iron age people and culture associated with it. also: relating to or designating the language spoken by the people of picenum.

noun

A native or inhabitant of picenum, or of the picene region.

Meanings of Piceous:

adjective

Of a pitchy or brownish-black colour.

Meanings of Piceworth:

noun

As much as a pice purchases; (also, more generally) an amount of negligible value.

Meanings of Pichi:

noun

A small armadillo living in open pampas country in southern south america.

Usage examples:

When they find a dwarf armadillo - known locally as a ‘pichi’ - they begin to feel they are finally…

Meanings of Pichiciago:

noun

Either of two very small armadillos constituting the genus chlamyphorus.

Meanings of Pichiciagos:

noun

Either of two very small armadillos constituting the genus chlamyphorus.

Meanings of Pichiciego:

noun

Either of two very small armadillos constituting the genus chlamyphorus.

Meanings of Piciform:

adjective

Of or relating to the order piciformes, which includes the woodpeckers and (in later use) the toucans, barbets, puffbirds, jacamars, and honeyguides.

Meanings of Picine:

adjective

Originally: †of or relating to the former superfamily picinae, which comprised the woodpeckers and related birds; piciform (obsolete). later: of or relating to the subfamily picinae, which comprises the typical woodpeckers.

Meanings of Pick:

verb

Detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing.

Usage examples:

I went to pick some flowers for jenny's room

noun

An act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives.

Usage examples:

Take your pick from our extensive menu

Meanings of Pick a fight:

phrase

Talk or behave in such a way as to provoke a fight or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't in his nature to pick a fight with anyone

idiom

To start a fight/quarrel/argument with someone

Usage examples:

He'd had too much to drink and tried to pick a fight with the bartender.

Meanings of Pick at:

phrasal verb

Repeatedly pull at something with one's fingers.

Usage examples:

The old woman was picking at the sheet

Meanings of Pick off:

idiom

Pull or pull out sharply

phrasal verb

Shoot a member of a group, aiming carefully from a distance.

Usage examples:

The soldiers were picked off by snipers

Meanings of Pick on:

phrasal verb

Repeatedly single someone out for criticism or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair.

Usage examples:

No one is picking on you—we're trying to help

Meanings of Pick someone's brains:

idiom

To ask someone who knows a lot about a subject for information or their opinion

Usage examples:

I was picking simon's brains about which computer to buy.

Meanings of Pick through:

phrasal verb

Sort through a number of items carefully.

Usage examples:

They picked over the charred remains of their home

Meanings of Pick up:

collocation

Take and lift upward

phrasal verb

Take hold of and lift or move someone or something.

Usage examples:

I reached out and picked up a magazine

noun

Something, often food or drink, that gives you more energy or makes you feel better

Usage examples:

I need a little pick-me-up in the middle of the afternoon.

Meanings of Pick up after:

phrasal verb

Tidy up things left strewn around by someone.

Usage examples:

All i seem to do is cook, wash, and pick up after the kids

Meanings of Pick up the slack:

phrase

Improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.

Usage examples:

As domestic demand starts to flag, foreign demand will help pick up the slack

idiom

To improve a situation by doing something that someone else has not done or not completed

Usage examples:

With our best player injured, other players have to pick up the slack.

Meanings of Pick-holes-in:

idiom

To find mistakes in something someone has done or said, to show that it is not good or not correct