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Definition of Pick out
1. Verb. Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. "They pick out him to write the letter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Specialized synonyms: Empanel, Impanel, Panel, Anoint, Field, Sieve, Sift, Draw, Dial, Go, Plump, Pick, Elect, Excerpt, Extract, Take Out, Cull Out, Winnow, Cream Off, Skim Off, Pick Over, Sieve Out, Assign, Set Apart, Specify, Single Out, Think Of, Define, Determine, Fix, Limit, Set, Specify, Adopt, Espouse, Follow, Screen, Screen Out, Sieve, Sort, Vote In, Elect, Nominate, Propose, Vote
Generic synonyms: Decide, Determine, Make Up One's Mind
Derivative terms: Selection, Selective, Selective, Selector
2. Verb. Detect with the senses. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
Entails: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Resolve, Discriminate
Derivative terms: Discernible, Discernible, Discernible, Discernment
Definition of Pick out
1. Verb. to remove by picking ¹
2. Verb. to select ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) to distinguish ¹
4. Verb. (idiomatic) to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) ¹
5. Verb. (idiomatic soccer) to send a long pass or cross to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pick Out
Literary usage of Pick out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1918)
"... but ... for many other purposes it to of the highest importance that he is
able to do this." * • LN REASONING. WE pick out ESSENTIAL ..."
2. The Works of Laurence Sterne by Laurence Sterne (1803)
"'WHAT a vaft advantage is travelling ! only- it heats one; but there -as a remedy
for that, which you may pick out of the next chapter. CHAP. XII. ..."
3. A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes by Seymour Dunbar (1915)
"... by boat, or on foot, in order to see the region for themselves or to pick out
future homes for themselves and their families. ..."
4. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries by Leigh Hunt (1828)
"He would pick out the ludicrous couplets, like plums ;—such as those on the
astrologer, Who deals in destiny's dark counsels, And sage opinions of the moon ..."
5. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"Whereas, he would purposely leave somewhat remaining doubtful, to see what Sir
Politic Would-be and his companions could pick out of it. ..."
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