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  • 1 pick one's way

    (to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) feta sig gætilega

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pick one's way

  • 2 pick

    I 1. [pik] verb
    1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) velja (úr)
    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.) tína
    3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) taka upp
    4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) opna, dírka/stinga upp (lás)
    2. noun
    1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) val
    2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) úrval
    - pick-up
    - pick and choose
    - pick at
    - pick someone's brains
    - pick holes in
    - pick off
    - pick on
    - pick out
    - pick someone's pocket
    - pick a quarrel/fight with someone
    - pick a quarrel/fight with
    - pick up
    - pick up speed
    - pick one's way
    II [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.) haki

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pick

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  • pick one's way — To choose carefully where to put one s feet, as (or as if) on dirty or dangerous ground • • • Main Entry: ↑pick …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick one's way — ► pick one s way walk slowly and carefully. Main Entry: ↑pick …   English terms dictionary

  • pick one's way — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. move cautiously, find one s way, work through; see find 1 , sneak , walk 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • pick one's way — {v. phr.} To go ahead carefully in difficult or unfamiliar places; advance with care. * /After nightfall we drove slowly along, picking our way until we found the right turn./ * /He picked his way across the rough and rocky hillside./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick one's way — {v. phr.} To go ahead carefully in difficult or unfamiliar places; advance with care. * /After nightfall we drove slowly along, picking our way until we found the right turn./ * /He picked his way across the rough and rocky hillside./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick\ one's\ way — v. phr. To go ahead carefully in difficult or unfamiliar places; advance with care. After nightfall we drove slowly along, picking our way until we found the right turn. He picked his way across the rough and rocky hillside …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pick one's way — walk slowly and carefully. → pick …   English new terms dictionary

  • pick one's way — slowly and carefully choose the way to go …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ …   English World dictionary

  • pick — Ⅰ. pick [1] ► VERB 1) (often pick up) take hold of and move. 2) remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing. 3) choose from a number of alternatives. 4) remove unwanted matter from (one s nose or teeth) with a finger or a pointed… …   English terms dictionary

  • Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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