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As nouns the difference between pickle and sign

is that pickle is a cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup or pickle can be (scotland) a kernel, grain while sign is (sometimes|also used uncountably) a visible indication.

As verbs the difference between pickle and sign

is that pickle is to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution while sign is to make a mark.

pickle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pikel, pykyl, pekille, .

Alternative forms

* pickel (obsolete and rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
  • A pickle goes well with a hamburger.
  • (Often in plural: pickles ), any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
  • The brine used for preserving food.
  • This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.
  • A difficult situation, peril.
  • The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 194:
  • I beg you, Miss Jones, to realize the pickle' you're in.
  • A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usu . in partitive construction, freq. without /of/; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
  • An affectionate term for a mildly mischievous loved one
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  • (baseball) A rundown.
  • Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.
  • A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
  • The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour.
  • (slang) A penis.
  • (slang) A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
  • Load some shards in that ''pickle''.
  • (metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.
  • In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.
  • Synonyms
    * (penis) See also
    Derived terms
    * in a pickle * pickle switch
    See also
    * piccalilli

    Verb

    (pickl)
  • To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
  • We pickled the remainder of the crop.
  • To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
  • The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
  • (programming) (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
  • * 2005 , Peter Norton et al'', ''Beginning Python
  • You can now restore the pickled data. If you like, close your Python interpreter and open a new instance, to convince yourself...
  • * 2008 , Marty Alchin, Pro Django
  • To illustrate how this would work in practice, consider a field designed to store and retrieve a pickled copy of any arbitrary Python object.
    Derived terms
    * pickled * pickling

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from Scottish 'to trifle, pilfer'

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A kernel, grain
  • (Scotland) A bit, small quantity
  • sign

    English

    (wikipedia sign)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) signe, from (etyl) ; root uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sometimes, also used uncountably) A visible indication.
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  • A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
  • * Macaulay
  • The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs , which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets.
  • A traffic sign.
  • A meaningful gesture.
  • Any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols.
  • (astrology) An astrological sign.
  • (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity.
  • A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
  • *, II.12:
  • And why not, as well as our dumbe men dispute, argue and tell histories by signes ?
  • * 2007 , Marcel Danesi, The Quest for Meaning :
  • In American Sign Language (ASL), for instance, the sign for 'catch' is formed with one hand (in the role of agent) moving across the body (an action) to grasp the forefinger of the other hand (the patient).
  • (uncountable) Sign language in general.
  • An omen.
  • (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.
  • A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
  • (Milton)
    Derived terms
    * air sign * astrological sign * earth sign * fire sign * high sign * Indian sign * minus sign * neon sign * plus sign * road sign * sign language * sign of life * star sign * street sign * traffic sign * vital sign * water sign

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (seigner), (seiner) et al., (etyl) signer et al., and their source, (etyl) ; see Etymology 1, above. Compare (sain).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a mark
  • #
  • #:The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet.
  • # To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
  • #*1726 , Elijah Fenton, The Odyssey of Homer :
  • #*:Meantime revolving in his thoughtful mind / The scar, with which his manly knee was sign'd […].
  • # To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
  • #*c. 1597 , (William Shakespeare), The Merchant of Venice :
  • #*:Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, / And let him signe it […].
  • # More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
  • I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
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  • #:Just sign your name at the bottom there.
  • #:I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’.
  • # To write one's signature.
  • Please sign on the dotted line.
  • # To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
  • #*2011 , The Guardian , (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
  • #*:Agents say Wales back Gavin Henson has signed for Cardiff Blues.
  • # To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
  • It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
  • To make the sign of the cross
  • # To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
  • #* Book of Common Prayer
  • #*:We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
  • #*1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 34:
  • #*:At the baptismal ceremony the child was […] signed with the cross in holy water.
  • # (reflexive) To cross oneself.
  • #*1855 , (Robert Browning), Men and Women :
  • #*:Shaking a fist at him with one fierce arm, / Signing himself with the other because of Christ.
  • To indicate
  • # To communicate using a gesture or signal.
  • #* Sir Walter Scott:
  • I signed to Browne to make his retreat.
  • # To communicate using gestures to (someone).
  • #:He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway.
  • # To use sign language.
  • # To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
  • Derived terms
    * sign in * signing bonus * sign off * sign on * sign over * sign out * sign up * sign one's life away

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