pick at

Verb

idiomatic transitive

(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers. / (transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).

Japanese Meaning

（道具や指を使って）そっとつまむ、摘む、触る / （誰かを）しつこく批判する、いじめる

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She started to pick at the crust of her pie with a fork, barely tasting a bite.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女はフォークでパイの縁をつつき始め、ほとんど味わうことはなかった。

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Sense（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).

"[N]oise and disrespect of no kind ain't pleasin' to him. His own folks behave becomin', but strangers go and act as they like. . . . Then we are picked at for their doin's."

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picks at

（ present singular third-person ）

picking at

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picked at

（ participle past ）

picked at

（ past ）

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