pick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pick through sth
Participle: picked through sth
Gerund: picking through sth

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of pick

Indicative

Present

Ipick through sth
youpick through sth
he;she;itpicks through sth
wepick through sth
youpick through sth
theypick through sth

Perfect

Ihave picked through sth
youhave picked through sth
he;she;ithas picked through sth
wehave picked through sth
youhave picked through sth
theyhave picked through sth

Past

Ipicked through sth
youpicked through sth
he;she;itpicked through sth
wepicked through sth
youpicked through sth
theypicked through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad picked through sth
youhad picked through sth
he;she;ithad picked through sth
wehad picked through sth
youhad picked through sth
theyhad picked through sth

Future

Iwill pick through sth
youwill pick through sth
he;she;itwill pick through sth
wewill pick through sth
youwill pick through sth
theywill pick through sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have picked through sth
youwill have picked through sth
he;she;itwill have picked through sth
wewill have picked through sth
youwill have picked through sth
theywill have picked through sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipick through sth
youpick through sth
he;she;itpick through sth
wepick through sth
youpick through sth
theypick through sth

Perfect

Ihave picked through sth
youhave picked through sth
he;she;ithave picked through sth
wehave picked through sth
youhave picked through sth
theyhave picked through sth

Imperfect

Ipicked through sth
youpicked through sth
he;she;itpicked through sth
wepicked through sth
youpicked through sth
theypicked through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad picked through sth
youhad picked through sth
he;she;ithad picked through sth
wehad picked through sth
youhad picked through sth
theyhad picked through sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pick through sth
youwould pick through sth
he;she;itwould pick through sth
wewould pick through sth
youwould pick through sth
theywould pick through sth

Perfect

Iwould have picked through sth
youwould have picked through sth
he;she;itwould have picked through sth
wewould have picked through sth
youwould have picked through sth
theywould have picked through sth

Imperative

youpick through sth
weLet's pick through sth
youpick through sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam picking through sth
youare picking through sth
he;she;itis picking through sth
weare picking through sth
youare picking through sth
theyare picking through sth

Perfect

Ihave been picking through sth
youhave been picking through sth
he;she;ithas been picking through sth
wehave been picking through sth
youhave been picking through sth
theyhave been picking through sth

Past

Iwas picking through sth
youwere picking through sth
he;she;itwas picking through sth
wewere picking through sth
youwere picking through sth
theywere picking through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been picking through sth
youhad been picking through sth
he;she;ithad been picking through sth
wehad been picking through sth
youhad been picking through sth
theyhad been picking through sth

Future

Iwill be picking through sth
youwill be picking through sth
he;she;itwill be picking through sth
wewill be picking through sth
youwill be picking through sth
theywill be picking through sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been picking through sth
youwill have been picking through sth
he;she;itwill have been picking through sth
wewill have been picking through sth
youwill have been picking through sth
theywill have been picking through sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be picking through sth
youwould be picking through sth
he;she;itwould be picking through sth
wewould be picking through sth
youwould be picking through sth
theywould be picking through sth

Perfect

Iwould have been picking through sth
youwould have been picking through sth
he;she;itwould have been picking through sth
wewould have been picking through sth
youwould have been picking through sth
theywould have been picking through sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pick'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pick'

dick, hick, kick, lick, nick, pack, peck, pink, pock, prick,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

choose
separate, cull, select
dent
strike, indent, peck, pierce
gather
acquire, pull, collect, accumulate, get, pluck, reap

Antonyms

choose
reject, discard, dismiss
gather
distribute, disperse, disseminate, dispense

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. *pician "to prick," merged with O.N. pikka "to prick, peck," common Gmc. (cf. M.Du. picken, Ger. picken "to pick, peck"), from PIE *pik-/*pek-, an imitative base. The meaning "to choose, select, pick out" emerged c.1390, from earlier meaning "to pluck with the fingers" (c.1325). To pick a quarrel, etc. is from c.1449; to pick at "find fault with" is from c.1670. Pick on "single out for adverse attention" is from c.1370; to pick (someone) up "make someone's acquaintance aggressively for sexual purposes" is first recorded 1698. Pick off "shoot one by one" is recorded from 1810; baseball sense of "to put out a runner on base" is from 1939. Pickpocket is from 1591 (earlier pick-purse, c.1386). Pick-me-up "stimulating alcoholic drink" is attested from 1867. Picky first recorded 1867.
2. From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.
3. Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). Compare also German Low German puken (“to pick out, rip out, pull away, extract”). See: Middle English 'piken', Proto-Germanic '*pikkōną', Dutch 'pikken', German, old spelling 'picken', Icelandic 'pikka', Swedish 'picka'.

Verbs referencing "pick"

Cornish pig, Danish pikke, Norwegian pikke, Welsh pigo, Swedish picka.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Well, ” said Haley, after they had both silently picked their nuts for a season, “ what do you say ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] “ Thee had better, ” or more gentle “ Hadn't thee better ? ” in the work of getting breakfast; for a breakfast in the luxurious valleys of Indiana is a thing complicated and multiform, and, like picking up the rose-leaves and trimming the bushes in Paradise, asking other hands than those of the original mother. While, therefore, John ran to the spring for fresh water, and Simeon the second sifted [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Seated around her were various members of that rising race with which a Southern household abounds, engaged in shelling peas, peeling potatoes, picking pin-feathers out of fowls, and other preparatory arrangements,—Dinah every once in a while interrupting her meditations to give a poke, or a rap on the head, to some of the young operators, with the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] his chair, with his jaw fallen down, and his head leaning back; on discovering the injury done to his father, he gave the alarm. Foot tracks were found in the garden below the window, and a pistol picked up supposed to have been overloaded, and thrown from the hand of the scoundrel who fired it. Three buck shots of a heavy load, took effect; one going through his mouth, one into the brain, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ What now, you baggage ! — what new piece of mischief ! You 've been picking the flowers, hey ? ” and Eva heard the sound of a smart slap. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ O, nonsense ! it's only because she likes to do mischief. She knows she mustn't pick flowers,—so she does it; that's all there is to it. But, if you fancy to have her pluck them, so be it. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Marie was one of those unfortunately constituted mortals, in whose eyes whatever is lost and gone assumes a value which it never had in possession. Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Lor, Mas’r, ’ tan't us,—we ’ s reglar stiddy,—it's these yer new hands; they ’ s real aggravatin’,—kinder pickin ’ at us, all time ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] in being made over to. Tom saw abundance of men,—great, burly, gruff men; little, chirping, dried men; long-favored, lank, hard men; and every variety of stubbed-looking, commonplace men, who pick up their fellow-men as one picks up chips, putting them into the fire or a basket with equal unconcern, according to their convenience; but he saw no St. Clare. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Hi, picking up for Charlie Spring. -Do you want a bag ? -Yes, please. (Heartstopper Forever)