pick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pick

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of pick

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpick out sth
weLet's pick out sth
youpick out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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