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Pick out
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- 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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives wordnet
- 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 detect with the senses wordnet
- 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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- 6 To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. transitive
"a dark green carriage body picked out with red"
- 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."
- 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..."
- 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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