pick away

pick something away

to pull or pinch something loose from something. Mary picked the meat away from the bones. He picked away the burrs.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Natale	nah-TAH-le	Italian
Gerben	KHER-bən	Dutch
Attlia	['ætilə]
Cliff	KLIF	English
No'ah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Thomasina	[.tɔmə'si:nə]