picked

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[ pikt ]
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adjective
  1. specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill: a crew of picked men.

  2. cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: picked fruit.

Origin of picked

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Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at pick1, -ed2

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Other definitions for picked (2 of 2)

picked2
[ pik-id, pikt ]

adjectiveChiefly Dialect.
  1. having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.

Origin of picked

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late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at pick2, -ed3

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How to use picked in a sentence

  • If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.

  • He had five girls by his first wife; there is no reason why this splendid cow I have picked out should not produce a dozen boys.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • All this while Squinty was chewing on the apple which he had picked up from the ground after he had jumped over the rope.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • Her eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.