verb
Meaning 1
To remove by picking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
pick out
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To select.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To distinguish; discern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- a dark green carriage body picked out with red
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 6
To send a long pass or cross to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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verb
Meaning 7
To play music slowly, such as when practicing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: choose, take, select
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
Narrower terms: empanel, impanel, panel, anoint, field, sieve, sift, draw, dial, plump, go, pick, elect, excerpt, extract, take out, cull out, winnow, cream off, skim off, sieve out, pick over, assign, specify, set apart, single out, think of, set, determine, define, fix, limit, adopt, follow, espouse, screen, screen out, sort, vote in, nominate, propose, vote
verb
Meaning 9
detect with the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, make out, tell apart
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: resolve, discriminate
History
Etymology
From pick + out. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpikke (“to pick out”), Dutch uitpikken (“to pick out”).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: nduk — to remove by picking
- Hindi: बाछना (bāchnā) — to remove by picking
- Māori: kape — to remove by picking
- Māori: hīkaro — to remove by picking
- Polish: wybierać — to remove by picking
- Polish: wybrać — to remove by picking
- Russian: выковы́ривать (vykovýrivatʹ) — to remove by picking
- Russian: вы́ковырять (výkovyrjatʹ) — to remove by picking
- German: auswählen — to select
- German: heraussuchen — to select
- Ancient Greek: ἐκλέγω (eklégō) — to select
- Latin: dēligō — to select
- Polish: wybierać — to select
- Polish: wybrać — to select
- French: distinguer — to distinguish
- French: faire la distinction — to distinguish
- French: faire la différence — to distinguish
- German: erkennen — to distinguish
- German: unterscheiden — to distinguish
- Ingrian: eroittaa — to distinguish
- Latin: internoscō — to distinguish
- Polish: rozpoznawać — to distinguish
- Polish: rozpoznać — to distinguish
- Polish: dostrzegać — to distinguish
- Polish: dostrzec — to distinguish
- Polish: rozróżniać — to distinguish
- Polish: rozróżnić — to distinguish