noun

• (nautical, slang) An anchor.
  "It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night."
• (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
• (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
  "Take down my buckler […] and grind the pick on 't."
• (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
  "‘She's all African grass and Brahmans. There's not a blade of native pick left, except on the ridges.’"

verb

• (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
• (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
  "He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled."
• (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
  "He picked a tune on his banjo."
• (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
  "as high as I could pick my lance"