pick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pick out
Participle: picked out
Gerund: picking out

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of pick

Indicative

Present

Ipick out
youpick out
he;she;itpicks out
wepick out
youpick out
theypick out

Perfect

Ihave picked out
youhave picked out
he;she;ithas picked out
wehave picked out
youhave picked out
theyhave picked out

Past

Ipicked out
youpicked out
he;she;itpicked out
wepicked out
youpicked out
theypicked out

Pluperfect

Ihad picked out
youhad picked out
he;she;ithad picked out
wehad picked out
youhad picked out
theyhad picked out

Future

Iwill pick out
youwill pick out
he;she;itwill pick out
wewill pick out
youwill pick out
theywill pick out

Future Perfect

Iwill have picked out
youwill have picked out
he;she;itwill have picked out
wewill have picked out
youwill have picked out
theywill have picked out

Subjunctive

Present

Ipick out
youpick out
he;she;itpick out
wepick out
youpick out
theypick out

Perfect

Ihave picked out
youhave picked out
he;she;ithave picked out
wehave picked out
youhave picked out
theyhave picked out

Imperfect

Ipicked out
youpicked out
he;she;itpicked out
wepicked out
youpicked out
theypicked out

Pluperfect

Ihad picked out
youhad picked out
he;she;ithad picked out
wehad picked out
youhad picked out
theyhad picked out

Conditional

Present

Iwould pick out
youwould pick out
he;she;itwould pick out
wewould pick out
youwould pick out
theywould pick out

Perfect

Iwould have picked out
youwould have picked out
he;she;itwould have picked out
wewould have picked out
youwould have picked out
theywould have picked out

Imperative

youpick out
weLet's pick out
youpick out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam picking out
youare picking out
he;she;itis picking out
weare picking out
youare picking out
theyare picking out

Perfect

Ihave been picking out
youhave been picking out
he;she;ithas been picking out
wehave been picking out
youhave been picking out
theyhave been picking out

Past

Iwas picking out
youwere picking out
he;she;itwas picking out
wewere picking out
youwere picking out
theywere picking out

Pluperfect

Ihad been picking out
youhad been picking out
he;she;ithad been picking out
wehad been picking out
youhad been picking out
theyhad been picking out

Future

Iwill be picking out
youwill be picking out
he;she;itwill be picking out
wewill be picking out
youwill be picking out
theywill be picking out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been picking out
youwill have been picking out
he;she;itwill have been picking out
wewill have been picking out
youwill have been picking out
theywill have been picking out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be picking out
youwould be picking out
he;she;itwould be picking out
wewould be picking out
youwould be picking out
theywould be picking out

Perfect

Iwould have been picking out
youwould have been picking out
he;she;itwould have been picking out
wewould have been picking out
youwould have been picking out
theywould have been picking out

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)