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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;
- Example: "Take any one of these cards"
- Example: "Choose a good husband for your daughter"
- Example: "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
[syn: choose, take, select, pick out]

2. detect with the senses;
- Example: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
- Example: "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
[syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pick out
    v 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" [syn: choose,
         take, select, pick out]
    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" [syn: spot, recognize,
       recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make
       out, tell apart]