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PECK AT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eat like a bird

Example:

The anorexic girl just picks at her food

Synonyms:

peck; peck at; pick at

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "peck at" is one way to...):

eat (take in solid food)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They peck at more bread

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