pick out

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spot , recognize , recognise , distinguish , discern , make out , tell apart , choose , take , select