picked /pɪkt/ adjective6 •Chosen; selected. •Played by picking the strings •Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word) •Having a pike or spine on the back. •(no longer used) pointed; sharp[…] an useful bow a skilful bowyer wrought, / Which picked and polished both the ends he hid with horns of gold. — 1611 •(no longer used) fine; spruce; smart; precise; daintyHe is too / picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it were, / too peregrinate, as I may call it. — 1595 formsmore picked · most picked