pick out in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   choose  take  select  pick out 
   
2. 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"
   spot  recognize  recognise  distinguish  discern  pick out  make out  tell apart