Pick out

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove by picking. transitive

    "But lering and lurking here and there like ſpies, / The devil tere their tunges and pike out their ies!"

  2. 2
    pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives wordnet
  3. 3
    To select. transitive

    "Theſe broken fragments, John de Fordun, vvho lived in the fourteenth century, collected vvith a pious induſtry, and from them picked out materials, vvhich he formed into a regular hiſtory."

  4. 4
    detect with the senses wordnet
  5. 5
    To distinguish; discern. idiomatic, transitive

    "The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of lookalikes."

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  1. 6
    To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. transitive

    "a dark green carriage body picked out with red"

  2. 7
    To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste). idiomatic, transitive

    "And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock."

  3. 8
    To send a long pass or cross to. idiomatic, transitive

    "Ameobi skipped away down the left in the 39th minute and tried to pick out Shearer with a cross but his delivery was cut out by goalkeeper Jussi J..."

  4. 9
    To play music slowly, such as when practicing. transitive

Etymology

From pick + out. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpikke (“to pick out”), Dutch uitpikken (“to pick out”).

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