| picker | | |
| n. (person) | 1. chooser, picker, selector | a person who chooses or selects out. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (person) | 2. picker | someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.. |
| ~ farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand | a hired hand on a farm. |
| cite | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph. |
| ~ cross-index, cross-reference | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work. |
| v. (communication) | 2. advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| ~ commend, remember | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship.; "Remember me to your wife" |
| ~ speak of the devil | mention someone's name who just then appears. |
| ~ remember | mention favorably, as in prayer.; "remember me in your prayers" |
| ~ quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof.; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" |
| ~ touch on | refer to or discuss briefly. |
| ~ invoke, appeal | cite as an authority; resort to.; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" |
| ~ namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them. |
| ~ bring up, raise | put forward for consideration or discussion.; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" |
| ~ drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past.; "Drag up old stories" |
| ~ cross-refer | refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists. |
| v. (communication) | 3. cite, mention | commend.; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" |
| ~ acknowledge, notice | express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with.; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing" |
| v. (creation) | 4. cite, reference | refer to.; "he referenced his colleagues' work" |
| ~ authorship, penning, writing, composition | the act of creating written works.; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
| ~ indite, pen, write, compose | produce a literary work.; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" |
| v. (communication) | 5. cite, quote | repeat a passage from.; "He quoted the Bible to her" |
| ~ ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| ~ quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof.; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" |
| ~ misquote | quote incorrectly.; "He had misquoted the politician" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cite, quote | refer to for illustration or proof.; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" |
| ~ quote, cite | repeat a passage from.; "He quoted the Bible to her" |
| ~ cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| v. (communication) | 7. abduce, adduce, cite | advance evidence for. |
| ~ bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| v. (communication) | 8. cite, summon, summons | call in an official matter, such as to attend court. |
| ~ vouch | summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title. |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| ~ demand | summon to court. |
| pluck | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness | the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury. |
| ~ fearlessness | the trait of feeling no fear. |
| n. (act) | 2. pluck | the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord. |
| ~ pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| v. (contact) | 3. pick off, pluck, pull off, tweak | pull or pull out sharply.; "pluck the flowers off the bush" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ draw off, draw away, pull off | remove by drawing or pulling.; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese" |
| ~ tweeze | pluck with tweezers.; "tweeze facial hair" |
| v. (possession) | 4. hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (possession) | 5. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze | obtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| v. (contact) | 6. pick, pluck, plunk | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ twang | pluck (strings of an instrument).; "He twanged his bow" |
| v. (contact) | 7. deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear | strip of feathers.; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| v. (contact) | 8. cull, pick, pluck | look for and gather.; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" |
| ~ gather, pull together, collect, garner | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| ~ mushroom | pick or gather mushrooms.; "We went mushrooming in the Fall" |
| ~ berry | pick or gather berries.; "We went berrying in the summer" |
| quote | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. inverted comma, quotation mark, quote | a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else. |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| ~ single quote | a single quotation mark. |
| ~ double quotes | a pair of quotation marks. |
| ~ scare quote | the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology. |
| n. (communication) | 2. citation, quotation, quote | a passage or expression that is quoted or cited. |
| ~ excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger work.; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
| ~ epigraph | a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing. |
| ~ mimesis | the representation of another person's words in a speech. |
| ~ misquotation, misquote | an incorrect quotation. |
| v. (communication) | 3. quote | name the price of.; "quote prices for cars" |
| ~ underquote | quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller). |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| v. (communication) | 4. quote | put quote marks around.; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" |
| ~ punctuate, mark | insert punctuation marks into. |
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