PICK OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) pick out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • detect with the senses
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
    • I can”t make out the faces in this photograph
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s) Entail(s)