pick out

Meaning

1. To remove by picking.
2. To select.
3. To distinguish; discern.
4. To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.
5. To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
6. To send a long pass or cross to.
7. To play music slowly, such as when practicing.

Synonyms

choose

select

elect

extricate

opt

single out

pick up

pick

⛏️

take out

distinguish

appoint

spot

take

remove

discern

display

make out

cull

manifest

connote

show

pluck

point out

sort out

mark

tell apart

suggest

prefer

extract

motion

indicate

recognise

fish out

recognize

demonstrate

denote

designate

ridicule

scoop out

screen

see

👀

clean

sense

assort

sort

split

cull from

take off

acquire

throw out

Translations

choisir

auswählen

escolher

wählen

scegliere

escoger

extraire

kiezen

triar

⛏️

uitkiezen

eleggere

elegir

eleger

aussuchen

verkiezen

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: uutpikke

Cognate with Dutch: uitpikken

In summary

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