Pick
Pick verb - Remove in small bits.
Usage example: pick meat from a bone
How words are described
| good | good pick | good remove |
| common | common pick | common remove |
| free | free pick | free remove |
| flat | flat pick | flat remove |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It uses an ear pick (often shown with a puffy, cotton-ball like thing on the end) to remove wax from the inside of the ear.
Source: Ear Cleaning -
Similarly, Fanboy and Chum Chum were able to freely remove and apply not only their, but also each other's noses in "Pick a Nose".
Source: The Noseless - A man stabbed himself in the ear with an ice pick to remove the evil spirits in there.
Cite this Source
Remove and Pick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/remove
Pick & Remove. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/remove>.
Remove or Pick. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/remove.
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