piken
Middle English
/ˈpikən/
verb
Definitions
- To pick at; to use a edged tool on (a surface)
- To pierce or deal a blow using the mouth.
- To grab a part of one's body with one's fingernails or teeth
- To remove with a sharp point; pick away; to remove undesired substances via the means of picking.
- To remove by means of grabbing or forcing; to take or grasp.
- To cleanse or tidy; to ensure one's own cleanliness.
- To pick, decide or elect; to make a choice or declare a preference.
- To gain possession of; to grab or grasp.
- To acquire or grasp an intangible mental quality such as knowledge, skill, or disposition; to gain.
- To seize, burgle, or pickpocket; to take illegally or illegitimately.
- (rare) To depart, leave, venture out.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English *piccian inherited from *pikkōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (peck, prick, pick) affix from Middle English pyke (pike, sharp point, point).
Origin
Middle English
pyke
Gloss
pike, sharp point, point
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bickel English
- antipick English
- autopick English
- downpick English
- earpick English
- fingerpick English
- halfpike English
- handpick English
- hornpike English
- nitpick English
- nutpick English
- peck English
- pick English
- pick-fault English
- pick-quarrel English
- pickability English
- pickable English
- pickcheese English
- picker English
- pickerel English
- pickest English
- picketh English
- pickfest English
- pickguard English
- picklist English
- picklock English
- pickman English
- pickmire English
- pickoff English
- pickpenny English
- pickpocket English
- pickproof English
- pickpurse English
- picksome English
- picktooth English
- pickup English
- picky English
- pike English
- pike-perch English
- pikehead English
- pikelike English
- pikeman English
- pikeminnow English
- pikeperch English
- piker English
- pikestaff English
- pikey English
- pikie English
- ragpick English
- repick English
- toothpick English
- unpick English
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- *pikkōną Proto-Germanic
- ピック Japanese
- *piccian Old English
- pīc Old English
- harneys Middle English
- pecken Middle English
- piker Middle English
- pikerel Middle English
- pikyng Middle English
- pyke Middle English
- pykeharneys Middle English
- paidhc Irish
- pix Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pig Welsh
- pic Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *pikkōn gmw-pro
- pikka Old Swedish
- *pikkōn Frankish