pick out

• POS: Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

pick out

abscind, abstract, address to, advert to, allude to, amputate, analyze, annihilate, assign, avulse, ban, bar, be taken as, behold, bob, bolt, bring to attention, bring to notice, call attention to, cast off, cast out, catch sight of, choose out, chuck, cite, clap eyes on, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip, contradistinguish, cordon, cordon off, crop, cull, cull out, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, decide between, demarcate, demark, denominate, denote, deport, deracinate, descry, designate, determine, differentiate, dig out, dig up, direct attention to, direct to, discern, discover, discriminate, disentangle, dispose of, distinguish, divide, dock, draw, draw out, draw the line, dredge, dredge up, eject, elect, elide, eliminate, emblematize, enucleate, eradicate, espy, evolve, evulse, excavate, except, excerpt, excise, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, exsect, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, figure, finger, fix, focus on, get out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, ghettoize, gin, glean, glimpse, gouge out, grub up, handpick, have in sight, indicate, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, ken, knock off, lay aside, lay eyes on, liquidate, look on, look upon, lop, make a selection, make out, mark, mark the interface, mention, mine, mutilate, name, nip, notice, observe, opt for, outlaw, pare, peel, perceive, pick, pick out, pin down, pluck out, pluck up, point at, point out, point to, prefer, prune, pull, pull out, pull up, purge, put aside, quarantine, quarry, rake out, recognize, refer to, remove, riddle, rip out, root out, root up, rule out, screen, screen out, seclude, see, segregate, select, separate, set, set a limit, set apart, set aside, set off, sever, severalize, shave, shear, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, sight, signify, single out, sort, sort out, specialize, specify, split hairs, spot, spy, stamp out, stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, subdivide, subtilize, symbol, symbolize, take in, take off, take out, tear out, thrash, thresh, throw over, throw overboard, touch on, truncate, twig, typify, unearth, unravel, uproot, view, weed out, winnow, wipe out, withdraw, witness, wrest out

ROGET THESAURUS

pick out

Choice

VB offers one's choice, set before, hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative, put to the vote, use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option, adopt, take up, embrace, espouse, choose, elect, opt for, take one's choice, make one's choice, make choice of, fix upon, vote, poll, hold up one's hand, divide, settle, decide, list, make up one's mind, select, pick and choose, pick out, single out, cull, glean, winnow, sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, pick up, pitch upon, pick one's way, indulge one's fancy, set apart, mark out for, mark, prefer, have rather, have as lief, fancy, be persuaded, take a decided step, take a decisive step, commit oneself to a course, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, cast in one's lot with, take for better or for worse.

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.