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Pick out Moderate

Pick out has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
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"

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"

3

to remove by picking

Example Sentences
"Take any one of these cards" verb
"Choose a good husband for your daughter" verb
"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" verb
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" verb
"I can't make out the faces in this photograph" verb
See Also
pick detect put one's finger on spot lease remove distinguish cross
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
decide
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
empanel anoint field sieve draw dial plump pick elect excerpt cull out cream off sieve out assign single out think of specify adopt screen vote in nominate vote resolve discriminate
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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