pick out in English dictionary

  • pick out

    Meanings and definitions of "pick out"

    • to remove by picking
    • to select
    • (idiomatic) to distinguish
    • (idiomatic) to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
    • (idiomatic, soccer) to send a long pass or cross to.
    • verb
      to remove by picking
    • verb
      to select
    • verb
      (idiomatic)
      to distinguish
    • verb
      To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.
    • verb
      (idiomatic)
      to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
    • verb
      (idiomatic, soccer)
      to send a long pass or cross to.
    • To make a choice from a number of alternatives.
    • verb
      detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
    • verb
      pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

    Synonyms of "pick out" in English dictionary

    decide, discern, take are the top synonyms of "pick out" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of pick out

    • pick out ( third-person singular simple present picks out, present participle picking out, simple past and past participle picked out)
    • pick out (third-person singular simple present picks out, present participle picking out, simple past and past participle picked out)

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