pick out
verb- To remove by picking.
- To select.
- To distinguish; discern.
- To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. · a dark green carriage body picked out with red
- To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
- To send a long pass or cross to.
- To play music slowly, such as when practicing.
From the library
Who would chirp you to sleep, or call for you the covey of answering birds?” The Birdcatcher spared his life, and determined to pick out a fine young Cock just attaining to his comb.
I don’t want an orphan girl and if I did she isn’t the style I’d pick out.
“Pick out a dress for you to give Anne?
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