Textual thesaurus for "pick out"

(verb) select, choose, take

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

(verb) tell apart, spot, recognise, recognize, make out, distinguish, discern

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