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Verb: pick at
  1. Pluck or pull at with the fingers
    - pluck at, pull at
     
  2. Eat like a bird
    "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
    - peck at, peck
     
  3. Express a negative opinion of
    "She picked at her student's efforts"
    - disparage, belittle

Derived forms: picks at, picked at, picking at

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, damn, eat, knock, pick apart, pull

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piceous
pichi
pichiciago
pichiciego
Picidae
piciform bird
Piciformes
pick
pick and choose
pick apart
pick at
pick off
pick on
pick out
pick over
pick up
pick up the gauntlet
pick up the tab
pickaback
pickaback plant
pickaninny