to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
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And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'pick out':
| pick out | to remove by picking |
| pick out | to select |
| pick out | to distinguish |
| pick out | To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour. |
| pick out | to send a long pass or cross to. |
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