Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove by picking.

    выковы́риватьvykovýrivatʹ, вы́ковырятьvýkovyrjatʹ

  2. (transitive)To select.

    auswählen, heraussuchen

    pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To distinguish; discern.

    erkennen, unterscheiden

  4. (transitive)To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.

    a dark green carriage body picked out with red

  5. (idiomatic, transitive)To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).

    detect with the senses

  6. (idiomatic, transitive)To send a long pass or cross to.

  7. (transitive)To play music slowly, such as when practicing.

Examples

66 sentences
  1. He picked out the best book.

    Він вибрав найкращу книгу. — mkazarian

  2. Tom picked out a gift for Mary.

    Том вибрав подарунок для Мері. — deniko

    deTom suchte für Maria ein Geschenk aus. — pne

  3. Tom picked out a book to read.

    Том вибрав, яку книжку він читатиме. — deniko

  4. Pick out the shirt that you like best.

    Виберіть сорочку, яка вам найбільше подобається. — mkazarian

    ruВыберите рубашку, которая вам больше всего нравится. — marafon

    deSuchen Sie sich das Hemd aus, das Ihnen am besten gefällt. — Fingerhut

  5. Did you pick that out yourself?

    ruТы сам это выбрал? — marafon

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove by picking:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to select:
to distinguish:

Origin

From pick + out. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpikke (“to pick out”), Dutch uitpikken (“to

From pick + out. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpikke (“to pick out”), Dutch uitpikken (“to pick out”).

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Forms

picks out, picking out, picked out, picked out
Base formpick out · to pick out
3rd person singularpicks out
Present participlepicking out
Past simplepicked out
Past participlepicked out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypick out
he, she, itpicks out

Past simpleLesson

all personspicked out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave picked out
he, she, ithas picked out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pick out

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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