To trim.

To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.

To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck;
to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from
a fowl, etc.

To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect;
to bring together; as, to pick rags; – often with up; as, to pick up a
ball or stones; to pick up information.

To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the
fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to
pick a goose; to pick a pocket.

To open (a lock) as by a wire.

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 throw; to pitch.

To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as,
to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.

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.