pick – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pick up on sth
Participle: picked up on sth
Gerund: picking up on sth

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of pick

Indicative

Present

I	pick up on sth
you	pick up on sth
he;she;it	picks up on sth
we	pick up on sth
you	pick up on sth
they	pick up on sth

Perfect

I	have picked up on sth
you	have picked up on sth
he;she;it	has picked up on sth
we	have picked up on sth
you	have picked up on sth
they	have picked up on sth

Past

I	picked up on sth
you	picked up on sth
he;she;it	picked up on sth
we	picked up on sth
you	picked up on sth
they	picked up on sth

Pluperfect

I	had picked up on sth
you	had picked up on sth
he;she;it	had picked up on sth
we	had picked up on sth
you	had picked up on sth
they	had picked up on sth

Future

I	will pick up on sth
you	will pick up on sth
he;she;it	will pick up on sth
we	will pick up on sth
you	will pick up on sth
they	will pick up on sth

Future Perfect

I	will have picked up on sth
you	will have picked up on sth
he;she;it	will have picked up on sth
we	will have picked up on sth
you	will have picked up on sth
they	will have picked up on sth

Subjunctive

Present

I	pick up on sth
you	pick up on sth
he;she;it	pick up on sth
we	pick up on sth
you	pick up on sth
they	pick up on sth

Perfect

I	have picked up on sth
you	have picked up on sth
he;she;it	have picked up on sth
we	have picked up on sth
you	have picked up on sth
they	have picked up on sth

Imperfect

I	picked up on sth
you	picked up on sth
he;she;it	picked up on sth
we	picked up on sth
you	picked up on sth
they	picked up on sth

Pluperfect

I	had picked up on sth
you	had picked up on sth
he;she;it	had picked up on sth
we	had picked up on sth
you	had picked up on sth
they	had picked up on sth

Conditional

Present

I	would pick up on sth
you	would pick up on sth
he;she;it	would pick up on sth
we	would pick up on sth
you	would pick up on sth
they	would pick up on sth

Perfect

I	would have picked up on sth
you	would have picked up on sth
he;she;it	would have picked up on sth
we	would have picked up on sth
you	would have picked up on sth
they	would have picked up on sth

Imperative

you	pick up on sth
we	Let's pick up on sth
you	pick up on sth

Indicative

Present

I	am picking up on sth
you	are picking up on sth
he;she;it	is picking up on sth
we	are picking up on sth
you	are picking up on sth
they	are picking up on sth

Perfect

I	have been picking up on sth
you	have been picking up on sth
he;she;it	has been picking up on sth
we	have been picking up on sth
you	have been picking up on sth
they	have been picking up on sth

Past

I	was picking up on sth
you	were picking up on sth
he;she;it	was picking up on sth
we	were picking up on sth
you	were picking up on sth
they	were picking up on sth

Pluperfect

I	had been picking up on sth
you	had been picking up on sth
he;she;it	had been picking up on sth
we	had been picking up on sth
you	had been picking up on sth
they	had been picking up on sth

Future

I	will be picking up on sth
you	will be picking up on sth
he;she;it	will be picking up on sth
we	will be picking up on sth
you	will be picking up on sth
they	will be picking up on sth

Future Perfect

I	will have been picking up on sth
you	will have been picking up on sth
he;she;it	will have been picking up on sth
we	will have been picking up on sth
you	will have been picking up on sth
they	will have been picking up on sth

Conditional

Present

I	would be picking up on sth
you	would be picking up on sth
he;she;it	would be picking up on sth
we	would be picking up on sth
you	would be picking up on sth
they	would be picking up on sth

Perfect

I	would have been picking up on sth
you	would have been picking up on sth
he;she;it	would have been picking up on sth
we	would have been picking up on sth
you	would have been picking up on sth
they	would have been picking up on sth

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

Phrasal Verbs

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)

pick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pick

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pick'

Verbs similar to 'pick'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "pick"

Sample Sentences