英语词汇“to pick out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To extract with a pick or by picking (in various senses); to dig out, peck out. Also figurative.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pick out

to pick outa1393

pike1859

α.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxx. 17 Crowis of the stronde picke [a1382 Bodl. 959 pecken] out [L. effodiant] thilke iȝe that scorneth the fadir.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 154 (MED) Yf I seye so, myn yen shul be pickd oute.

1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iii. 319 Doth this proue that Bishops and Preachers may pick out mens eyes, or kil whom they can, or appoint kingdomes at their pleasures?

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 824 They shewed them the vse..to pick out thornes in their feet.

1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 220 With a small Spatula..she pick'd out five or six Worms at a time.

1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 175 To breed up young Presbyterians with the Money of the Church of England, to pick out her Eyes.

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 64 Pick the mussels out from the shells.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. i. 297 Much too old a world to allow any Jack Horner to pick out its plums for his own personal gratification.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 555 Small plugs of horny epidermis can be picked out, leaving pits behind.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea ii. 16 An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out.

1942 J. H. Parsons & H. B. Stallard Dis. Eye (ed. 10) xxi. 431 Particles of lime must be perseveringly picked out with forceps.

1991 J. Smiley Thousand Acres xxxix. 311 Harold dropped his instructions into the tank and reached in with his hand and picked them out.

β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2568 (MED) Sche was softe, Thenkende on thilke unkynde Pride, Of that hire lord..Avanteth him that he hath..piked out hire fader brain, And of the Skulle had mad a Cuppe.a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 401 Ȝif þin iȝe sclaundre þee, pyke it out. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 28 Ye most..dilygently cloddy hit, pyke owt stones.a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 13 (MED) I make my mone To se my sonnys hed as hit is here; I pyke owt thornys be on & on.1526 Grete Herball cccxxvii. sig. Siv/2 Cleue an apple and pyke out the core & kyrnelles.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. ix. 207 Then take thei the dead mannes heade, and pike the braine oute cleane.1614 P. Forbes Short Discov. Adversarie 22 in Def. Lawful Calling Such disciples, as..willingly, yeeld their eies to bee pyked out, least they should see and turne.1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 Huly, huly, Mon, the Deel pike out yer Eyn, and then you'll see the bater, yee English bag Pudin Tike.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 242 Ye'll sit on his white hause bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een.1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 74 Corbies winna pike out corbies' een.1881 W. Paul Past & Present 143 Deil pyke oot their een that sees a hole i' their neebour's coat an' winna mend it.1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 27 Buzzards..swoop down on a lamb straying from its mother, and pike out its eyes.2019 J. B. Shepherd in Lallans 95 19 Craws..jouk blithely by, black as nicht, Jist tae pike oot yer bonny blue een.γ. 1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert xiv. 63 There is the gweed-hertit lassie that wud peyk the thrissles oot o' wir fingers.

2. transitive. To select from a group with care or deliberation; to single out.

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > carefully

picka1393

to choose and pickc1450

to pick and choose (also cull)c1450

to pick out1530

to pick and choose1577

hand-picka1699

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1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. sig. Aiiii Whan he had picked out ten thousand of the most valyant men of his hoost.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 370 Could the world picke thee out three such enemies againe?

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells i. 19 The second Article he aim'd at then; And to that purpose pickt out sundry Men..Who did oppose the blessed Sonne's Diuinitie.

1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) iv. 60 It is no small advantage to pick or cull out the best Seed.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 291. ¶10 He then bid him pick out the Chaff from among the Corn.

1776 H. Cowley Runaway iii. 34 You'd pick out one happy favourite before you gave the rest to despair.

1810 Mrs. S. Green Romance Readers & Romance Writers I. 171 She has picked out such an ugly little devil, that strangers might imagine my wife was vulgar enough to be jealous of me.

1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 20 It was not long before they [sc. the boxes] were opened and each soldier picked out and helped himself to a musket.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 710 These fibres in the peripheral nerves which when picked out by disease give rise to incoordination of movement.

1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xvi. 290 Mrs. Morales dusted her phonograph and picked out her loudest records.

1965 P. Larkin Let. 8 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 371 Such a rich visit, it's impossible to pick out any particular pleasure.

2002 Bloomberg Money Dec. 16/4 Every Tuesday, on the dot, all 11 funds are reviewed by the committee with one fund picked out for special attention.

β. c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 44a Blessed be god that I haue wedded fyue Of whiche I haue pyked out the beste, Bothe of here nether purs and of here cheste.c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3874 (MED) Þer-fore lat vs..oure force manly for to schewe, Of knyȝtis chose piken out a fewe.a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 17306 And of my meyne tak what ȝow leste, and pyketh owt a certeyn of the best!1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 657/1 I can pyke out the best and I were blyndefelde.1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes ii. vi. f. 76^v Uitigis had placed in Auximum the best that he could pyke out among the Gothes.a1758 A. Ramsay Fables xvii. 20 Take the canniest gate to ease, And pike out joys by twas and threes.

3. transitive. To adorn, deck out; to make trim and neat, titivate. rare (now Scottish).

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > trim or deck out

perfurnish1375

enflourish?a1400

varnish14..

perform1420

to pick outc1429

polish?1440

trimc1516

to set out1523

trick?1532

face1542

trick1545

prank1546

tricka1555

bawdefy1562

tickle1567

prink1573

finify1586

deck1587

decore1603

betrima1616

fangle1615

beprank1648

prim1688

to garnish outa1704

decorate1782

to do off1794

dizen1807

tricolatea1825

fal-lal1845

β.

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 627 Thay [sc. the fallen angels] had graces of whilk thaire pride thai myght pike out.

γ. 1952 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 107/1 [Fife] Aye, ye're a' peekit oot for Largo, but ye're only gaun tae Forgan.

4. transitive. To ascertain (the facts of a matter, etc.); to make out, discern gather (sense, meaning, etc.).

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > as by sifting, teasing, etc.

tozec1450

to pick out1523

to bolt out1545

sift1592

pumpa1637

incern1656

probe1699

mole1856

to winkle out1942

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?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman Pref. sig. B^v Bicause euery body shall chose and pycke out the wayes of lyuyng, out of these menes authorite.

a1530 T. Lupset Compend. Treat. Dyenge Well (1534) sig. B.ii Euer hath there benne some..that playe the philosophers.., the whiche labourith to pycke oute in euerye thynge what is good and what is noughte.

1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. T.3 If of any riddle badde sense ye pick out, Gesse at it againe.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 175 Hopeful..called to Christian (for he was learned) to see if he could pick out the meaning..Remember Lot's Wife.

1720 L. Theobald Richard II Pref. sig. Aa2^v We know, by daily Experience, what a little Share of French, or Italian, will serve a Common Capacity to pick out the Meaning of most Authors in those Tongues.

1786 A. Hughes Zoriada I. 21 This is all I could pick out concerning her.

1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë viii She would let me advise and patronise most imperiously, sometimes picking out any grain of sense there might be in what I said.

1882 M. Arnold Speech at Eton in Irish Ess. 185 Goethe..did not know Greek well and had to pick out its meaning by the help of a Latin translation.

1923 R. Cortissoz Amer. Artists xviii. 281 Even the casual passer-by must be arrested by the scenes from the Old and New Testaments... One pauses full of curiosity to pick out the meaning of this or that figure.

1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 13 Dec. g1 Part of being a good hairdresser is..knowing how to be able to pick out what people really mean when they're not saying it.

β. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E2 Shroudly it doth accorde To pyke out honesty of suche a potshorde.

5. transitive. To distinguish from surrounding objects, etc., by using the senses; to descry.

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate

winnowc825

tryc1330

distinguea1340

divide1377

departc1380

devisea1400

sever1426

perceivea1500

deem1530

discern1533

searcec1535

sort1553

to pick outa1555

decern1559

difference1596

distinguisha1616

severalize1645

separate1651

secern1656

run1795

define1807

sequester1841

differentiate1857

divaricate1868

a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 121^v He wyll not forgette vs: for he seeth vs in euery corner; he can pycke vs oute when it is hys wyll and pleasure.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 22 Why Belman is as good as he my Lord, He..twice to day pick'd out the dullest sent.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 151 They hunted but a cold scent, and could pick out, and make nothing of it, that drew off, or crost, or hunted counter.

1665 G. Swinnock Wks. 646 Charity must be quick-sighted, to pick out the fittest objects, viz. the poor.

1716 C. Johnson Cobler of Preston i. 3 I think Ringwood is as good a Dog as he, Sir Charles; for twice to Day, I observ'd him to pick out the faintest Scent.

1838 J. H. Reynolds Confounded Foreigners 16 I can sort the qualities—I can detect the French [accent]—and I can pick out the rale Irish, like a bit of Belfast linen.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. v. 62 The sergeant..had by this time picked out Joe with his eye.

1908 Pacific Monthly 20 94/2 Could they or their children after them pick out a May-blob from a May-pop?

1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 140 During visiting hours she picked out the rapid, eager footsteps of children in the passage.

1988 G. Swift Out of this World 87 He was..trying to be just another one of them. Which wouldn't stop their eyes picking him out with a sort of wary fascination.

†6. transitive. To extract or gain with effort, to acquire. Cf. to pick up at Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort

begeteOE

findOE

bewinc1175

getc1175

conquerc1230

reachc1275

procurec1325

makec1350

fishc1374

catchc1384

furneya1400

attainc1405

tillc1440

to pick out1577

to get a gripe ofa1586

secure1743

raise1838

to get one's hooks on (also into)1926

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 174 The good husband by cherishing of them [sc. Bees], picketh out many times a good peece of his liuing.

a1601 W. Lambard Dictionarium Angliæ Topographicum (1730) 147 These weare not welcome to the Welshmen..: But for all that they pyked out a Lyvinge amongest theim.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B4 I picke out a poore liuing amongst em, and I am thankefull for it.

7. transitive. To unpick (stitches).

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1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 200 I have..found him very busy in picking out the Stitches of a dislaced Petticoat.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 246 Picking out her sewing has been such sorrowful work.

1850 C. H. Gilman Gift Bk. Stories & Poems for Children 157 I've spent the livelong morning, Picking out this endless seam.

1946 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 25 July 17/1 Borrowing a pin from the treasurer, you pick out the stitches.

1994 D. Schoemperlen In Lang. of Love xii. 65 She also saved zippers, picking out the stitches one by one with her silver seam ripper.

8. transitive. To set off (a colour, decorative scheme, etc.) with touches of a contrasting colour; to decorate or highlight in a contrasting colour, or with contrasting ornament. Frequently with in, with. Cf. sense 8.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] > edge with colour

pick1779

to pick out1844

1791 Times 6 June 3/3 The carriage is painted red, picked out black.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop (1997) xxvi. 201 It was..a smart little house upon wheels, with..window-shutters of green picked out with panels of a staring red.

1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. viii. v. 229 The ceiling..was richly gilt and picked out in violet.

1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 207 The church at Creil was a nondescript place in the inside, splashed with gaudy lights from the windows, and picked out with medallions of the Dolorous Way.

1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows ii. 30 A gipsy caravan..painted a canary-yellow picked out with green, and red wheels.

1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune iv. i. 204 A yacht..was having her scroll work picked out in gold leaf.

1992 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 20/3 Jackson then presented his young fan with..a card with his autograph picked out in velvet.

9. transitive. To play the notes of (a tune) by ear on a piano or other musical instrument.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > play instrument [verb (transitive)] > play by ear

to pick out1860

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. iv. 324 Philip..was enjoying his afternoon's holiday at the piano..picking out tunes for himself and singing them.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona v. 55 She picked it out upon the keyboard, and..enriched the same with well-sounding chords.

1930 G. B. Shaw Immaturity in Wks. I. Pref. p. xiv All the women could ‘pick out tunes’ on the piano.

1978 S. King Stand xxxv. 300 Larry began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar.

2002 Smithsonian Aug. 88/3 Mahmoud slides onto the floor and begins picking out a hypnotic tune on the goatskin lute called a guimbri.

单词	to pick out
释义	> as lemmas to pick out to pick out 1. transitive. To extract with a pick or by picking (in various senses); to dig out, peck out. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pick out to pick outa1393 pike1859 α. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxx. 17 Crowis of the stronde picke [a1382 Bodl. 959 pecken] out [L. effodiant] thilke iȝe that scorneth the fadir. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 154 (MED) Yf I seye so, myn yen shul be pickd oute. 1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iii. 319 Doth this proue that Bishops and Preachers may pick out mens eyes, or kil whom they can, or appoint kingdomes at their pleasures? 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 824 They shewed them the vse..to pick out thornes in their feet. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 220 With a small Spatula..she pick'd out five or six Worms at a time. 1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 175 To breed up young Presbyterians with the Money of the Church of England, to pick out her Eyes. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 64 Pick the mussels out from the shells. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. i. 297 Much too old a world to allow any Jack Horner to pick out its plums for his own personal gratification. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 555 Small plugs of horny epidermis can be picked out, leaving pits behind. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea ii. 16 An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out. 1942 J. H. Parsons & H. B. Stallard Dis. Eye (ed. 10) xxi. 431 Particles of lime must be perseveringly picked out with forceps. 1991 J. Smiley Thousand Acres xxxix. 311 Harold dropped his instructions into the tank and reached in with his hand and picked them out. β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2568 (MED) Sche was softe, Thenkende on thilke unkynde Pride, Of that hire lord..Avanteth him that he hath..piked out hire fader brain, And of the Skulle had mad a Cuppe.a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 401 Ȝif þin iȝe sclaundre þee, pyke it out. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 28 Ye most..dilygently cloddy hit, pyke owt stones.a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 13 (MED) I make my mone To se my sonnys hed as hit is here; I pyke owt thornys be on & on.1526 Grete Herball cccxxvii. sig. Siv/2 Cleue an apple and pyke out the core & kyrnelles.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. ix. 207 Then take thei the dead mannes heade, and pike the braine oute cleane.1614 P. Forbes Short Discov. Adversarie 22 in Def. Lawful Calling Such disciples, as..willingly, yeeld their eies to bee pyked out, least they should see and turne.1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 Huly, huly, Mon, the Deel pike out yer Eyn, and then you'll see the bater, yee English bag Pudin Tike.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 242 Ye'll sit on his white hause bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een.1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 74 Corbies winna pike out corbies' een.1881 W. Paul Past & Present 143 Deil pyke oot their een that sees a hole i' their neebour's coat an' winna mend it.1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 27 Buzzards..swoop down on a lamb straying from its mother, and pike out its eyes.2019 J. B. Shepherd in Lallans 95 19 Craws..jouk blithely by, black as nicht, Jist tae pike oot yer bonny blue een.γ. 1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert xiv. 63 There is the gweed-hertit lassie that wud peyk the thrissles oot o' wir fingers. 2. transitive. To select from a group with care or deliberation; to single out. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > carefully picka1393 to choose and pickc1450 to pick and choose (also cull)c1450 to pick out1530 to pick and choose1577 hand-picka1699 α. 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. sig. Aiiii Whan he had picked out ten thousand of the most valyant men of his hoost. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 370 Could the world picke thee out three such enemies againe? View more context for this quotation 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells i. 19 The second Article he aim'd at then; And to that purpose pickt out sundry Men..Who did oppose the blessed Sonne's Diuinitie. 1681 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) iv. 60 It is no small advantage to pick or cull out the best Seed. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 291. ¶10 He then bid him pick out the Chaff from among the Corn. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway iii. 34 You'd pick out one happy favourite before you gave the rest to despair. 1810 Mrs. S. Green Romance Readers & Romance Writers I. 171 She has picked out such an ugly little devil, that strangers might imagine my wife was vulgar enough to be jealous of me. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 20 It was not long before they [sc. the boxes] were opened and each soldier picked out and helped himself to a musket. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 710 These fibres in the peripheral nerves which when picked out by disease give rise to incoordination of movement. 1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xvi. 290 Mrs. Morales dusted her phonograph and picked out her loudest records. 1965 P. Larkin Let. 8 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 371 Such a rich visit, it's impossible to pick out any particular pleasure. 2002 Bloomberg Money Dec. 16/4 Every Tuesday, on the dot, all 11 funds are reviewed by the committee with one fund picked out for special attention. β. c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 44a Blessed be god that I haue wedded fyue Of whiche I haue pyked out the beste, Bothe of here nether purs and of here cheste.c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3874 (MED) Þer-fore lat vs..oure force manly for to schewe, Of knyȝtis chose piken out a fewe.a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 17306 And of my meyne tak what ȝow leste, and pyketh owt a certeyn of the best!1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 657/1 I can pyke out the best and I were blyndefelde.1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes ii. vi. f. 76^v Uitigis had placed in Auximum the best that he could pyke out among the Gothes.a1758 A. Ramsay Fables xvii. 20 Take the canniest gate to ease, And pike out joys by twas and threes. 3. transitive. To adorn, deck out; to make trim and neat, titivate. rare (now Scottish). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > trim or deck out perfurnish1375 enflourish?a1400 varnish14.. perform1420 to pick outc1429 polish?1440 trimc1516 to set out1523 trick?1532 face1542 trick1545 prank1546 tricka1555 bawdefy1562 tickle1567 prink1573 finify1586 deck1587 decore1603 betrima1616 fangle1615 beprank1648 prim1688 to garnish outa1704 decorate1782 to do off1794 dizen1807 tricolatea1825 fal-lal1845 β. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 627 Thay [sc. the fallen angels] had graces of whilk thaire pride thai myght pike out. γ. 1952 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 107/1 [Fife] Aye, ye're a' peekit oot for Largo, but ye're only gaun tae Forgan. 4. transitive. To ascertain (the facts of a matter, etc.); to make out, discern gather (sense, meaning, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > as by sifting, teasing, etc. tozec1450 to pick out1523 to bolt out1545 sift1592 pumpa1637 incern1656 probe1699 mole1856 to winkle out1942 α. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman Pref. sig. B^v Bicause euery body shall chose and pycke out the wayes of lyuyng, out of these menes authorite. a1530 T. Lupset Compend. Treat. Dyenge Well (1534) sig. B.ii Euer hath there benne some..that playe the philosophers.., the whiche labourith to pycke oute in euerye thynge what is good and what is noughte. 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. T.3 If of any riddle badde sense ye pick out, Gesse at it againe. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 175 Hopeful..called to Christian (for he was learned) to see if he could pick out the meaning..Remember Lot's Wife. 1720 L. Theobald Richard II Pref. sig. Aa2^v We know, by daily Experience, what a little Share of French, or Italian, will serve a Common Capacity to pick out the Meaning of most Authors in those Tongues. 1786 A. Hughes Zoriada I. 21 This is all I could pick out concerning her. 1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë viii She would let me advise and patronise most imperiously, sometimes picking out any grain of sense there might be in what I said. 1882 M. Arnold Speech at Eton in Irish Ess. 185 Goethe..did not know Greek well and had to pick out its meaning by the help of a Latin translation. 1923 R. Cortissoz Amer. Artists xviii. 281 Even the casual passer-by must be arrested by the scenes from the Old and New Testaments... One pauses full of curiosity to pick out the meaning of this or that figure. 1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 13 Dec. g1 Part of being a good hairdresser is..knowing how to be able to pick out what people really mean when they're not saying it. β. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E2 Shroudly it doth accorde To pyke out honesty of suche a potshorde. 5. transitive. To distinguish from surrounding objects, etc., by using the senses; to descry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate winnowc825 tryc1330 distinguea1340 divide1377 departc1380 devisea1400 sever1426 perceivea1500 deem1530 discern1533 searcec1535 sort1553 to pick outa1555 decern1559 difference1596 distinguisha1616 severalize1645 separate1651 secern1656 run1795 define1807 sequester1841 differentiate1857 divaricate1868 a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 121^v He wyll not forgette vs: for he seeth vs in euery corner; he can pycke vs oute when it is hys wyll and pleasure. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 22 Why Belman is as good as he my Lord, He..twice to day pick'd out the dullest sent. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 151 They hunted but a cold scent, and could pick out, and make nothing of it, that drew off, or crost, or hunted counter. 1665 G. Swinnock Wks. 646 Charity must be quick-sighted, to pick out the fittest objects, viz. the poor. 1716 C. Johnson Cobler of Preston i. 3 I think Ringwood is as good a Dog as he, Sir Charles; for twice to Day, I observ'd him to pick out the faintest Scent. 1838 J. H. Reynolds Confounded Foreigners 16 I can sort the qualities—I can detect the French [accent]—and I can pick out the rale Irish, like a bit of Belfast linen. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. v. 62 The sergeant..had by this time picked out Joe with his eye. 1908 Pacific Monthly 20 94/2 Could they or their children after them pick out a May-blob from a May-pop? 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 140 During visiting hours she picked out the rapid, eager footsteps of children in the passage. 1988 G. Swift Out of this World 87 He was..trying to be just another one of them. Which wouldn't stop their eyes picking him out with a sort of wary fascination. †6. transitive. To extract or gain with effort, to acquire. Cf. to pick up at Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort begeteOE findOE bewinc1175 getc1175 conquerc1230 reachc1275 procurec1325 makec1350 fishc1374 catchc1384 furneya1400 attainc1405 tillc1440 to pick out1577 to get a gripe ofa1586 secure1743 raise1838 to get one's hooks on (also into)1926 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 174 The good husband by cherishing of them [sc. Bees], picketh out many times a good peece of his liuing. a1601 W. Lambard Dictionarium Angliæ Topographicum (1730) 147 These weare not welcome to the Welshmen..: But for all that they pyked out a Lyvinge amongest theim. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B4 I picke out a poore liuing amongst em, and I am thankefull for it. 7. transitive. To unpick (stitches). ΚΠ 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 200 I have..found him very busy in picking out the Stitches of a dislaced Petticoat. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 246 Picking out her sewing has been such sorrowful work. 1850 C. H. Gilman Gift Bk. Stories & Poems for Children 157 I've spent the livelong morning, Picking out this endless seam. 1946 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 25 July 17/1 Borrowing a pin from the treasurer, you pick out the stitches. 1994 D. Schoemperlen In Lang. of Love xii. 65 She also saved zippers, picking out the stitches one by one with her silver seam ripper. 8. transitive. To set off (a colour, decorative scheme, etc.) with touches of a contrasting colour; to decorate or highlight in a contrasting colour, or with contrasting ornament. Frequently with in, with. Cf. sense 8. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] > edge with colour pick1779 to pick out1844 1791 Times 6 June 3/3 The carriage is painted red, picked out black. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop (1997) xxvi. 201 It was..a smart little house upon wheels, with..window-shutters of green picked out with panels of a staring red. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. viii. v. 229 The ceiling..was richly gilt and picked out in violet. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 207 The church at Creil was a nondescript place in the inside, splashed with gaudy lights from the windows, and picked out with medallions of the Dolorous Way. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows ii. 30 A gipsy caravan..painted a canary-yellow picked out with green, and red wheels. 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune iv. i. 204 A yacht..was having her scroll work picked out in gold leaf. 1992 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 20/3 Jackson then presented his young fan with..a card with his autograph picked out in velvet. 9. transitive. To play the notes of (a tune) by ear on a piano or other musical instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > play instrument [verb (transitive)] > play by ear to pick out1860 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. ii. iv. 324 Philip..was enjoying his afternoon's holiday at the piano..picking out tunes for himself and singing them. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona v. 55 She picked it out upon the keyboard, and..enriched the same with well-sounding chords. 1930 G. B. Shaw Immaturity in Wks. I. Pref. p. xiv All the women could ‘pick out tunes’ on the piano. 1978 S. King Stand xxxv. 300 Larry began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar. 2002 Smithsonian Aug. 88/3 Mahmoud slides onto the floor and begins picking out a hypnotic tune on the goatskin lute called a guimbri. extracted from pickv.¹ < as lemmas
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