pick out meaning and definition

PICK OUT verb

Definition of pick out (verb)

1. 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: choose, select, take
2. 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"
   • synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart