pick at
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pluck or pull at with the fingers
She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse
Types & categories
- pull hypernym
Sense 2 verb
eat like a bird
The anorexic girl just picks at her food
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Sense 3 verb
express a negative opinion of
She disparaged her student's efforts
Types & categories
- criticize hypernym
- tear apart hyponym
- discredit hyponym
- depreciate hyponym
- belittle hyponym
Related & opposite
- flatter antonym
- dispraise derivation
- derogation derivation
- detractor derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | flatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispraise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | derogation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | detractor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tear apart |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | discredit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | depreciate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | belittle |