PECK
\pˈɛk], \pˈɛk], \p_ˈɛ_k]\
Definitions of PECK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
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a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
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a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
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eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
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eat by pecking at, like a bird
By Princeton University
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bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
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a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
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a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
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A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
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Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
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To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
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To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
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To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; - often with up.
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To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; - often with out.
By Oddity Software
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The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
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A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
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Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
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To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
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To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
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To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; - often with up.
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To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; - often with out.
By Noah Webster.
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One-quarter of a bushel; eight quarts in dry measure; a quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak or with something pointed.
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To strike with the beak, as a bird; to strike with a pointed instrument, as a pick; pick up with the beak.
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To make strokes with a sharp instrument; to pick up food with the beak.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To strike with the beak: to pick up with the beak: to eat: to strike with anything pointed: to strike with repeated blows.
By Daniel Lyons
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Measure of two gallons, or one-fourth of a bushel.
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To strike or pick up with the beak; strike with something pointed.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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