pick
- noun
- /pɪk/
- Specialized
- In traditional weaving, the pick is essential for forming the fabric's texture and structure.
Examples
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The most common loom is that fitted with a flying shuttle, which the weaver activates by pulling a lanyard before each pick of the weft.
Academic text (2004) -
Heckert has somehow escaped most of the wrath—perhaps because he's hit on a couple of picks and Holmgren has been such an outstanding jerk to the public.
Blog text (17) -
The skilled weaver explained that each pick of the weft creates a new row in the fabric.
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Selecting the right pick for the weaving process is crucial for achieving the desired pattern.
Synonyms
1
9.1
The thread that goes across fabric when people weave it
1
9.9
Threads that run across fabric to make a pattern
Threads that go across other threads to make fabric
Idioms
- Informal
8
6.1
Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker
- Informal
1
5.8
To choose which problems to deal with instead of trying to solve every problem
- Informal
To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.5
A play where the pitcher or catcher throws quickly to tag a runner off base
- Specialized
1
9.8
A rare disease passed from parents that makes fat build up in the body's cells
- Specialized
1
8.6
A tool with a pointed end and a flat blade for digging and breaking hard soil or rock
- Specialized
A hand tool with a pointed end and a flat blade for digging and breaking hard rocky soil
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
In weaving a pick is one pass of the horizontal thread across the cloth — think of 'picking' a thread through the warp one by one, so a pick here is a single woven thread.