adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:HH AE1 N D P IH1 K T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The farm sells handpicked apples and pears.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
Examples
A number of handpicked employees will run the project.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of handpick
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From hand + picked.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
бран на ръка
(bran na rǎka)
— picked by hand
Finnish:
käsin poimittu
— picked by hand
French:
récolté à la main
— picked by hand
French:
cueilli manuellement
— picked by hand
Norwegian Bokmål:
håndplukket
— picked by hand
Polish:
zebrany ręcznie
— picked by hand
Portuguese:
colhido à mão
— picked by hand
Swedish:
handplockad
— picked by hand
Yiddish:
אױסגעקליבן
(oysgeklibn)
— picked by hand
Bulgarian:
подбран
(podbran)
— selected with great care
Dutch:
handgekozen
— selected with great care
Finnish:
huolella valittu
— selected with great care
Finnish:
poimittu
— selected with great care
French:
trié sur le volet
— selected with great care
German:
handverlesen
— selected with great care
Norwegian Bokmål:
håndplukket
— selected with great care
Norwegian Bokmål:
håndplukka
— selected with great care
Norwegian Bokmål:
handplukket
— selected with great care
Norwegian Bokmål:
handplukka
— selected with great care
Norwegian Nynorsk:
handplukka
— selected with great care
Polish:
dobrany
— selected with great care
Polish:
wyselekcjonowany
— selected with great care
Portuguese:
escolhido a dedo
— selected with great care
Spanish:
escogido personalmente
— selected with great care
Spanish:
seleccionado cuidadosamente
— selected with great care
