1 to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.
az: seçmək
ru: выбирать
2 to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.
az: yığmaq, dərmək
ru: собирать, снимать
3 to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.
az: qaldırmaq
ru: поднимать
4 to unlock (a lock) with a tool
other than a key: The thief must have picked the lock with a hair-pin.
az: (açarsız) açmaq
ru: открывать (не ключом)
♦ noun
1 whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.
az: seçim
ru: выбор
2 the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.
az: ən yaxşısı
ru: что-л. отборное
See also:
have a bone to pick with (someone)
pick2 [pik] noun
(also British) pickaxe, (American) pickax – plural pickaxes) a tool
with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc .
az: külüng
ru: кирка
1 to choose (someone) to do a usually difficult or unpleasant job: Why do they always pick on me to do the washing-up?
az: seçmək
ru: выбирать
2 to speak to or treat (a person) angrily or critically: Don't pick on me – it wasn't my fault.
az: ilişmək, sataşmaq
ru: придираться
1 to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.
az: seçmək
ru: выбирать
2 to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.
az: ayırd etmək, tanımaq
ru: различать; узнавать
3 (music) to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune with one finger.
az: notları seçmək
ru: подбирать
to ask (a person) questions in order to get ideas, information etc from him which one can use oneself: You might be able to help me with this problem – can I come and pick your brains for a minute!
az: fikir almaq
ru: использовать чьи-л. идеи/познания
1 to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian – I just picked it up when I was in Italy.
az: öyrənmək (praktik olaraq)
ru: научиться, нахвататься
2 to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.
az: götürmək, maşına mindirmək
ru: подхватить
3 to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.
az: təsadüfən almaq
ru: приобретать по случаю
4 to right (oneself) after a fall etc ; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.
az: qalxmaq
ru: подниматься
5 to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher – I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.
az: götürmək
ru: забирать
6 (of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.
az: qəbul etmək
ru: принимать, ловить
7 to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.
az: tapmaq, tutmaq
ru: найти (снова); поймать