To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. • To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. • To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. • To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together. • To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth. • To decide upon, from a set of options; to select. • To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises. • To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released. • To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. • To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc. • To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. • To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. • To steal; to pilfer. • To throw; to pitch. • To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. • To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points. • To screen. • To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.