1. To decide with care or forethought. 2. To work with a pick. 3. To find fault or make petty criticisms; carp: He's always picking about something. 4. To be harvested or gathered: The ripe apples picked easily.
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. It's time to pick the tomatoes. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. She picked flowers in the meadow.